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• Cancer >> Lung Cancer >> Aged 61-70 >> Interview LC26 >> Explains why waiting for treatment was so distressing.

Lung cancer diagnosed December 2002, waiting for radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

• Cancer >> Lung Cancer >> aged 40-50 >> Interview LC06 >> She has been treated quickly and kindly and found her oncologist marvellous.

Diagnosed with lung cancer in 2002, followed by chemotherapy, and about to start radiotherapy.

• Cancer >> Lung Cancer >> Aged 51-60 >> Interview LC22 >> Says doctors have a hard job telling people they are going to die and that the doctors and nurses were excellent.

Diagnosed with lung cancer in 2001, followed by radiotherapy from outside the chest to the lung.

• Cancer >> Lung Cancer >> Aged 51-60 >> Interview LC15 >> The consultant communicated poorly and talked in jargon.

Diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer in 1989, followed by lobectomy (removal of lobe of left lung).

• Cancer >> Lung Cancer >> Aged 61-70 >> Interview LC27 >> He would like to know why the operation caused his breathing problems but he doesn't understand the consultant's language.

Lung cancer diagnosed in 1999. Left lobectomy (lobe of lung removed) in April 2002. Recurrence detected in lymph nodes in 2002, treated with chemotherapy and radiotherapy (died June 2003).

• Cancer >> Lung Cancer >> Aged 61-70 >> Interview LC27 >> He had difficulty in communicating with a 'foreign' nurse when he needed more morphine for his pain.

Lung cancer diagnosed in 1999. Left lobectomy (lobe of lung removed) in April 2002. Recurrence detected in lymph nodes in 2002, treated with chemotherapy and radiotherapy (died June 2003).

• Cancer >> Lung Cancer >> Aged 51-60 >> Interview LC30 >> She found the clinical care marvellous but did not receive enough support after her operation.

Diagnosed with lung cancer in April 2000, followed by lobectomy (removal of a lobe of the left lung).

• Cancer >> Lung Cancer >> Aged 51-60 >> Interview LC43 >> He received plenty of information until he left hospital but now feels a bit isolated.

Diagnosed with mesothelioma in April 2003, followed by left extra-pleural pneumonectomy (left lung removed, together with chest lining, diaphragm, and lining round the heart, and replaced with Gore-Tex).