Hi, I'm new to this forum. I've just been diagnosed with 'cancer of unknown origin', presenting in several of my inguinal lymph nodes. I went to my GP in June and it's taken this long to identify cancer in the nodes. My scans and lymph node biopsy were reviewed yesterday and I'm being passed to both Gynae and Dermatology for further investigation, to identify a primary - they think it's from skin but it's already 'fairly undifferentiated' so they're not sure. A nurse told me they'll give me the first available appointment but I'm really worried it will take weeks to be seen and investigated before any treatment can be started. I now remember that my mother had pagets disease of the vulva and although I haven't got any such overt signs, I fear that may be the primary source. If it is, I gather the secondaries are quite aggressive, so I may already be at stage 3 or 4. I'm already in pain in the groin and lower back and I feel like I'm losing any opportunity to get effective treatment as it's already taken so long. Is there anything I can do to speed things up? Would going private to see a consultant help and could my care be integrated back into the NHS? Are there any specialist centres that might expedite this next stage? What can I do?