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Cancer
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Colorectal Cancer
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Less than 3 years since diagnosis
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Interview 11
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Continued with chemotherapy to help reduce his wife's intense worry about him.
Diagnosed with colorectal cancer 2001. Under went surgery, temporary ileostomy, radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
Cancer
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Colorectal Cancer
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More than 5 years
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Interview 16
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Describes how his side effects became progressively worse over the course of 6 sessions.
Diagnosed with colorectal cancer 1994. Received radiotherapy, surgery, and temporary colostomy.
Cancer
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Colorectal Cancer
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3 - 5 years since diagnosis
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Interview 18
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She was too debilitated by chemotherapy to go back to work.
Diagnosed with colorectal cancer 1996. Under went surgery, temporary ileostomy and chemotherapy.
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