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• Cancer >> Testicular Cancer >> Age Group 20 - 30 >> Interview 32 >> Recalls that after the initial diagnosis he was mainly concerned that he would not be able to have sex again.

Born with only one testicle. Testicular cancer (seminoma) diagnosed in 2000, followed by orchidectomy and hormone treatment. Aug. 2001, laparoscopy to check there was no undescended right testicle; no secondary tumours found. Sep. 2001, radiotherapy to prevent recurrence. Then lump found in groin, a malignant lymph node. Surgery to remove node, followed by chemotherapy.

• Cancer >> Testicular Cancer >> Age Group 20 - 30 >> Interview 25 >> Explains that the operation to remove a testicle made no difference to his sex life.

Testicular cancer (seminoma) diagnosed in 2001; orchidectomy. No evidence of secondary tumours; one treatment of chemotherapy (only half an hour) to prevent recurrence.

• Cancer >> Testicular Cancer >> Age Group 31 - 40 >> Interview 36 >> Explains that the operation made no difference to his sex life or to his relationship with his wife.

Testicular cancer (seminoma) diagnosed in 2001; orchidectomy. No secondary tumours found, but 10 treatments of radiotherapy to prevent recurrence.

• Cancer >> Testicular Cancer >> Age Group 51 - 55 >> Interview 03 >> Reassures men that sex is just as good as it was before the operation to remove a testicle.

Testicular cancer (teratoma) diagnosed in 1996; orchidectomy. No evidence of secondary tumours; three cycles of chemotherapy (each cycle over three weeks with three days in hospital) to prevent recurrence.

• Cancer >> Testicular Cancer >> Age Group 41 - 50 >> Interview 24 >> Explains that although he was anxious about sex it was just the same as always, and he wasn't affected psychologically.

Testicular cancer (teratoma) diagnosed in 1984; orchidectomy. Secondary tumour found; 5 cycles of chemotherapy for 5 months (each cycle 7 days of treatment with 21 days in between at home).

• Cancer >> Testicular Cancer >> Age Group 51 - 55 >> Interview 03 >> Explains that he continued to have sex during chemotherapy, and his wife didn't notice any difference in sensation.

Testicular cancer (teratoma) diagnosed in 1996; orchidectomy. No evidence of secondary tumours; three cycles of chemotherapy (each cycle over three weeks with three days in hospital) to prevent recurrence.

• Cancer >> Testicular Cancer >> Age Group 41 - 50 >> Interview 37 >> Explains that sex is good, even if both testicles have been removed, with the help of HRT, and a loving partner.

Diagnosed with testicular cancer (seminoma) with secondary tumours in 1991, followed by right orchidectomy and chemotherapy. In 1993, pain in lower abdomen. Left testicle was found to be fibrosed and infected. Left orchidectomy, and testosterone replacement therapy. Also has kidney disease and diabetes as the result of treatment.

• Cancer >> Testicular Cancer >> Age Group 20 - 30 >> Interview 06 >> Explains he was no longer able to ejaculate after an operation to remove a lump of scar tissue in the abdomen.

Testicular cancer (teratoma) diagnosed in 1998; orchidectomy. Secondary tumours in abdomen. four months of chemotherapy (2-3 days in hospital each month). Further surgery in 1998 to remove an abdominal tumour, which was found to be dead tissue.

• Cancer >> Testicular Cancer >> Age Group 51 - 55 >> Interview 03 >> Reassures men that sex is just as good as it was before the operation to remove a testicle.

Testicular cancer (teratoma) diagnosed in 1996; orchidectomy. No evidence of secondary tumours; three cycles of chemotherapy (each cycle over three weeks with three days in hospital) to prevent recurrence.

• Cancer >> Testicular Cancer >> Age Group 51 - 55 >> Interview 04 >> Recalls that he felt a great sense of 'loss' for a short while.

Arthur W. Frank, diagnosed testicular cancer (seminoma) in October 1985. Orchidectomy followed by chemotherapy for secondary abdominal tumours. Author of At the Will of the Body (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991; new edition 2002), and The Wounded Storyteller: Body, Illness and Ethics (University of Chicago, 1995).