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Age 50-59
Interview 21  

Interview 21

Age at Interview: 52
Background: A teacher, married with 1 adult child.
Brief outline:Attended for routine screening at age 49. Was diagnosed with DCIS. Had excision biopsy. Results revealed presence of cancer cells. Had another excision biopsy. Results showed DCIS affected whole breast. Had a mastectomy and reconstruction, and radiotherapy.


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She says it was important to be screened knowing that the incidence of breast cancer increases with age.

 



So you chose to go at the age of 49. What would your, if someone asked you what are your reasons for attending for breast screening, what would your reasons be?

Purely that I was aware that, you know when you reach the age of 50, the statistics of breast cancer go up and I just felt it was a safe, a safety thing really just to do that. That was my own personal feelings. And, as I say, simply because you know as you get older the statistics are higher.         
Jenni Murray - Cancer
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