Published in the New York Times- March 10, 2009
By: Andrew Pollack
When Jo Symons was found to have cancer, there was an extra complication: doctors could not tell what type of cancer she had.
Tumors were found in her neck, chest and lymph nodes. But those tumors had spread there from someplace else, and her doctors could …

Lee Ann Stroud was diagnosed with Stage IV cancer in December 2007, after visiting the doctor for pain in her tailbone area.  Doctors were never able to determine her primary origin and after just an eight month battle, she passed away in August 2008.  Her diagnosis officially remained Cancer of Unknown Primary.  She left behind her …