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DPLAN-PZ-DIAG-CUP-001-V1 · v1 · 2026-05-13
Patient
PZ-DIAG-CUP-001 · suspicion lineage: carcinoma
Tissues: liver, bone · Hypotheses: DIS-CUP, DIS-PDAC-OCCULT, DIS-CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA-OCCULT, DIS-NSCLC-OCCULT
67F presents with 8-week fatigue + 6 kg weight loss + new mid-thoracic back pain. CT abd/pelvis (with contrast): multiple liver lesion x4, largest 4.2 cm, hypovascular pattern. CT chest: no lung mass, small mediastinal nodes <1 cm. Bone scan + skeletal MRI: lytic+sclerotic mixed lesions T6, T9, right iliac wing. CEA 24 (mildly elevated), CA 19-9 280 (elevated), CA 125 38 (mildly elevated), AFP normal. Liver-mass biopsy histology: poorly-differentiated adenocarcinoma. IHC pattern: CK7-positive, CK20-negative, TTF-1-negative, GATA3-negative, ER-negative, p40-negative. Pattern is non-specific upper-GI / pancreaticobiliary / lung-non-small primary, but no primary tumor seen on diagnostic imaging. PET-CT revealed only known liver+bone+nodal disease, no FDG-avid primary visible. CUP per ESMO criteria. Tumor-of-origin classifier (e.g., CancerType ID, methylation panel) + comprehensive NGS for actionable drivers needed.

Workup steps (5)

Питання що мають бути закриті (5)

MDT brief

Discussion questions (1, 0 blocking)

MDT talk tree (3 steps)

#OwnerTopicAction
1pathologistPathology confirmation What is the differential diagnosis plan between hypotheses: DIS-CUP, DIS-PDAC-OCCULT, DIS-CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA-OCCULT, DIS-NSCLC-OCCULT? Which molecular / IHC tests differentiate them?
2radiologistSpecialist review Stage / restaging imaging + biopsy guidance — radiologist.
3surgical_oncologistSpecialist review Suspected solid tumor — resectability assessment, biopsy approach.

Skills (required) — mandatory virtual specialists (2)

  • Pathologist (general) required
    Any suspicion requires biopsy — pathologist plans site selection, IHC panel, ancillary tests.
    Owns: DQ-DIFFERENTIAL
  • Radiologist required
    Stage / restaging imaging + biopsy guidance — radiologist.

Skills (recommended) — for consideration (1)

  • Surgical oncologist recommended
    Suspected solid tumor — resectability assessment, biopsy approach.
Technical MDT skill metadata (3/16 activated in this plan)
All registered virtual specialists. ✓ — activated for this case; ○ — not activated (available for other clinical scenarios).
Specialistskill_idVersionLast reviewedSign-offsDomain
Cellular therapy specialist (CAR-T)cellular_therapy_specialistv0.1.02026-04-250cellular_therapy
Clinical pharmacistclinical_pharmacistv0.1.02026-04-250clinical_pharmacy
Hematologist / oncohematologisthematologistv0.1.02026-04-250hematology_oncology
Hematopathologist (lymphoma / leukemia / myeloma)hematopathologistv0.1.02026-04-250hematopathology
Infectious disease / hepatologyinfectious_disease_hepatologyv0.1.02026-04-250infectious_diseases
Medical oncologist (solid-tumor chemotherapist)medical_oncologistv0.1.02026-04-250solid_oncology
Molecular geneticist / molecular oncologistmolecular_geneticistv0.1.02026-04-250molecular_oncology
Palliative carepalliative_carev0.1.02026-04-250palliative_care
Pathologist (general)pathologistv0.1.02026-04-250pathology
Primary care / family physicianprimary_carev0.1.02026-04-250primary_care
Psycho-oncologistpsychologistv0.1.02026-04-250psychosocial
Radiation oncologistradiation_oncologistv0.1.02026-04-250radiation_oncology
Radiologistradiologistv0.1.02026-04-250diagnostic_imaging
Social worker / case managersocial_worker_case_managerv0.1.02026-04-250psychosocial
Surgical oncologistsurgical_oncologistv0.1.02026-04-250surgical_oncology
Transplant specialist (BMT)transplant_specialistv0.1.02026-04-250cellular_therapy