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Newly diagnosed: What is my exact diagnosis, stage, and grade, and which tests established them?

Newly diagnosed: Which biomarkers have been tested on my tumour (for example p40 positive, TTF-1 negative, SOX4 and IVL immunohistochemistry, PD-L1 and CD8-positive infiltrate), and what were the results?

Newly diagnosed: Which subtype is my cancer, and does that change the recommended treatment?

Newly diagnosed: Is germline (inherited) genetic testing recommended for me or my family?

All stages: For my situation (all stages), which of the standard options do you recommend and why?

All stages: Am I a candidate for Pembrolizumab, and what side effects should I expect?

All stages: How do the results of KEYNOTE-407 apply to someone like me?

Any stage: Would a second opinion at a high-volume centre change anything, and can you help arrange it?

Any stage: What supportive care (symptom control, nutrition, exercise, mental health, financial help) is available from the start?

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Basaloid squamous cell carcinoma of the lung

Prepared with OnCo (onco.cc/prep/basaloid-squamous-cell-carcinoma-lung/). Orientation, not medical advice; your team knows your case.

My details

Name

Date of appointment

Hospital and clinician

Who is coming with me

What I know, what is unclear, changes to discuss

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What I know so far

What is unclear to me

Changes since last time

My questions

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Newly diagnosed

1.What is my exact diagnosis, stage, and grade, and which tests established them?
2.Which biomarkers have been tested on my tumour (for example p40 positive, TTF-1 negative, SOX4 and IVL immunohistochemistry, PD-L1 and CD8-positive infiltrate), and what were the results?
3.Which subtype is my cancer, and does that change the recommended treatment?
4.Is germline (inherited) genetic testing recommended for me or my family?

All stages

5.For my situation (all stages), which of the standard options do you recommend and why?
6.Am I a candidate for Pembrolizumab, and what side effects should I expect?
7.How do the results of KEYNOTE-407 apply to someone like me?

Any stage

8.Would a second opinion at a high-volume centre change anything, and can you help arrange it?
9.What supportive care (symptom control, nutrition, exercise, mental health, financial help) is available from the start?

Tests and results to bring

Biomarker results to ask for: p40 positive, TTF-1 negative, SOX4 and IVL immunohistochemistry (research predictor), PD-L1 and CD8-positive infiltrate.

Bring copies of scan reports, pathology and blood results, and a list of every medicine and supplement.

The treatments I may be offered

All stages: Treated as squamous cell carcinoma of the lung; no trial in the variant. (Squamous cell carcinoma of the lung, Pembrolizumab, KEYNOTE-407)

From the standard of care recorded for this cancer; which apply depends on your stage and biomarkers. Ask which the team recommends and why.

Answers and next steps

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What I was told

Agreed next steps, dates and who to call

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