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26 Jun 2025

CUP patients in Wales can now receive molecular profiling as standard of care. This is a huge step forward in identifying a patient’s primary tumour of origin and targetable therapies. Huge credit to Dr Sonali Dasgupta, CUP Lead for the Wales Cancer Network, whose dynamic leadership is transforming cancer services for CUP patients in Wales.

Category Uncategorized Author John Symons
03 Apr 2025 24 Mar 2025 25 Feb 2025 01 Feb 2025 17 Jan 2025

Congratulations to Dr Sonali Dasgupta, consultant medical oncologist in Velindre University NHS Trust, and CUP lead for Wales. She has won a richly deserved National Impact Award for her work in energising CUP services in Wales, along with her ongoing contributions to Colorectal cancer. The awards are a public acknowledgement by the NHS of sustained commitment and dedication to theRead more

Category Uncategorized Author John Symons
01 Jul 2024 18 Nov 2023

With effect from 1 January 2024 we will no longer be an active registered charity. We will, however, continue to maintain this website as a source of information about CUP. Since we registered as a charity (in England and Wales) in 2007 the CUP environment in the UK has shifted dramatically. Patients have a managed pathway, following the introduction ofRead more

Category Uncategorized Author John Symons
22 Oct 2023 18 Oct 2023

The Roche CUPISCO trial results are being presented at the European Society of Medical Oncologists conference in Spain. The abstract, which gives the details is available on our Blog. The conclusion, which will give evidential weight to support changes in UK standard of care treatment of CUP patients, supports molecularly guided therapy and shows that its use improved progression-free survivalRead more

Category Uncategorized Author John Symons