• What is the stage of my disease and what is my prognosis?
• What is the role of surgery and what is the chance of it curing me?
• What is the role of radiation therapy? 
• How sick will I be on chemotherapy and can we control the sickness?
• If chemotherapy cannot cure my cancer, why should I expose myself to its side effects and toxicities?
• What is the chance that I will die from this tumor? How much time am I likely to have?