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Age 30 & under
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Interview CC14
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She advises talking to friends and from her own experience a bad prognosis can work out to be more positive than it seems at the beginning.
Diagnosed with advanced cervical cancer and given a poor chance of survival in 1992. External Radiotherapy followed by Internal Radiotherapy.
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Cervical Cancer
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Age 31-38
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Interview CC18
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She stresses that things get better with time.
Diagnosed with early stage cervical cancer in 1998. Undergoing fertility investigations at time of diagnosis. Radical Trachelectomy (first women in her region to have a Radical Trachelectomy).
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Cervical Cancer
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Age 31-38
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Interview CC16
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She suggests positive thinking, believing the diagnosis that doctors give and recognising that people do survive cancer.
Diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2000. Miscarriage during time of tests and investigations. Radical hysterectomy and 28 lymph nodes removed.
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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 cancer was an episode in her life which is now in the past.
Diagnosed with cervical cancer 2001. Radical hysterectomy and some lymph nodes removed.
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