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Interview 01  

Interview 01

Age at Interview: 55
Sex: Male
Age at Diagnosis: 54
Background:

Brief outline:Diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1999, prostatectomy in 1999.


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Concludes he had been well informed but would have liked more guidance.

 



So then he said, 'You've got 3 options. You can have, we can monitor the prostate, you can have radio therapy on the prostate or you can it have it removed,' and he said, 'the decision's yours.' And I had no help whatsoever in deciding or advice what was the best for me which obviously being a lay man I was a bit concerned and he wanted to know by the Monday what the decision I was going to make.

The surgeon gave me pamphlets on prostate but he, and we did discuss it but he did not give me advice on which course to take, he just told me that I, that I can go, it was my choice and the reason why they were doing this is because it was a survey over a 10 year period and people would take different courses and then they would know eventually after 10 years, well putting it mildly, which ones have survived. 

But I had no specific advice for myself.
Karol Sikora - Prostate cancer
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