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Cervical Cancer
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Age 31-38
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Interview CC08
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Explains that she consulted her GP having noticed bleeding after sexual intercourse and he referred her quickly to a gynaecologist.
Diagnosed with cervical cancer in1996. External Radiotherapy followed by Internal Radiotherapy.
Cancer
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Cervical Cancer
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Age 39-44
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Interview CC13
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Explains that her radiotherapy and hysterectomy had caused little difference to her sex life.
Diagnosed with cervical cancer (Stage 1B) in 2000. Wertheim's hysterectomy. Both ovaries and some lymph nodes removed. External Radiotherapy (30 sessions), six weeks after her hysterectomy because cancer cells were found in one lymph node.
Cancer
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Cervical Cancer
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Age 39-44
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Interview CC13
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She questions whether she had contracted the human papilloma virus many years before she developed cervical cancer.
Diagnosed with cervical cancer (Stage 1B) in 2000. Wertheim's hysterectomy. Both ovaries and some lymph nodes removed. External Radiotherapy (30 sessions), six weeks after her hysterectomy because cancer cells were found in one lymph node.
Cancer
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Cervical Cancer
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Age 30 & under
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Interview CC14
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She couldn't identify any known cause for why she developed cervical cancer.
Diagnosed with advanced cervical cancer and given a poor chance of survival in 1992. External Radiotherapy followed by Internal Radiotherapy.
Cancer
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Cervical Cancer
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Age 30 & under
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Interview CC14
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Comments that radiotherapy did not have any negative effect on her sex life.
Diagnosed with advanced cervical cancer and given a poor chance of survival in 1992. External Radiotherapy followed by Internal Radiotherapy.
Cancer
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Cervical Cancer
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Age 30 & under
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Interview CC15
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She experienced difficulties rebuilding her sex life after radio-chemotherapy before it was restored to normal.
Diagnosed with advanced cervical cancer with spread towards stomach and bladder in 2000. Radio-chemotherapy (chemotherapy- cisplatin given one day a week) followed by Internal Radiotherapy (21 hours).
Cancer
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Cervical Cancer
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Age 31-38
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Interview CC23
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She describes how sex has been different after her hysterectomy and external radiotherapy.
Diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2001. Wertheim's hysterectomy, followed by external radiotherapy.
Cancer
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Cervical Cancer
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Age 30 & under
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Interview CC19
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Explains how she feels different sexually four months after radio-chemotherapy.
Diagnosed with advanced cervical cancer in 2001. Radio-chemotherapy (chemotherapy- cisplatin given one day a week) followed by Internal Radiotherapy (11 hours). Cryo-ovarian preservation operation before treatment started.
Cancer
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Cervical Cancer
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Age 45+
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Interview CC24
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Explains that she experienced some temporary difficulties rebuilding her sex life after her radical hysterectomy.
Diagnosed with cervical cancer 2001. Radical hysterectomy and some lymph nodes removed.
Cancer
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Cervical Cancer
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Age 45+
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Interview CC24
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She explains that she experiences less intense orgasms after her hysterectomy.
Diagnosed with cervical cancer 2001. Radical hysterectomy and some lymph nodes removed.
Cancer
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Cervical Cancer
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Age 45+
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Interview CC24
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She would have liked more information about how her hysterectomy would affect her sex life.
Diagnosed with cervical cancer 2001. Radical hysterectomy and some lymph nodes removed.
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