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• Cancer >> Lung Cancer >> Aged 51-60 >> Interview LC32 >> His doctor communicated extremely well.

Lung cancer diagnosed in February 2002 followed by left pneumonectomy (left lung removed).

• Cancer >> Lung Cancer >> Aged 51-60 >> Interview LC44 >> His GP has been supportive, the nurses caring and kind, and he found communication with doctors good.

Diagnosed with lung cancer in March 2003 (later confirmed as small cell), followed by chemotherapy May-August 2003, and is waiting 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 thinks the surgeons were unrealistic about his recovery.

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 LC28 >> At one point doctor-patient communication broke down completely because of misunderstanding and medical terminology.

Diagnosed with lung cancer in 2000, followed by pneumonectomy (right lung removed) in April 2000.

• Cancer >> Lung Cancer >> Aged 51-60 >> Interview LC01 >> Says it is difficult for doctors because people can't deal with 'uncertainty' and want good news but not bad news.

Diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer April 2002, followed by chemotherapy, and then lobectomy. In October 2002 metastases in the brain, treated with radiotherapy (died in February 2003).

• Cancer >> Lung Cancer >> Aged 51-60 >> Interview LC35 >> When doctors looked at her scans they did not explain anything and she thought her cancer had spread.

Diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer in June 2000, followed by right lobectomy (lobes of right lung removed).

• 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).