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• Cancer >> Testicular Cancer >> Age Group 31 - 40 >> Interview 07 >> Explains that he delayed seeking help because of lack of time and embarrassment.

Testicular cancer (seminoma) diagnosed in 1998; orchidectomy. No evidence of any secondary tumours, but radiotherapy (2-3 times a week over 8 weeks) to prevent any recurrence.

• Cancer >> Testicular Cancer >> Age Group 41 - 50 >> Interview 09 >> Explains that he delayed seeking help because he did not want to face the problem.

Testicular cancer (seminoma) diagnosed in 1999; orchidectomy. Some suspicion that the tumour had spread, so 17 treatments with radiotherapy over one month.

• Cancer >> Testicular Cancer >> Age Group 51 - 55 >> Interview 41 >> Explains that he delayed seeking help because he did not want to be a hypochondriac.

Testicular cancer (seminoma) diagnosed in 1998. No secondary tumours found, but 10 treatments of radiotherapy over three weeks to prevent recurrence.

• Cancer >> Testicular Cancer >> Age Group 20 - 30 >> Interview 32 >> Explains that he delayed seeking help because he feared that treatment would mean the end of sex.

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 31 - 40 >> Interview 26 >> Explains that he delayed seeking help because of fear of cancer.

Testicular cancer diagnosed in 1998; orchidectomy. No secondary tumours, but radiotherapy 5 times a week for 4 weeks to prevent recurrence.

• Cancer >> Testicular Cancer >> Age Group 51 - 55 >> Interview 45 >> Explains that he did not keep his appointment with the urologist because he found the GP's examination of his testicles painful.

Testicular cancer diagnosed in 1999; orchidectomy. No secondary tumours, but one month of radiotherapy (20 treatments) to prevent any recurrence.

• Cancer >> Testicular Cancer >> Age Group 51 - 55 >> Interview 04 >> Arthur Frank explains that there was delay in starting treatment because doctors could not diagnose the reason for his pain.

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).

• Cancer >> Testicular Cancer >> Age Group 20 - 30 >> Interview 25 >> Explains that delay occurred because his GP falsely reassured him that the lump was nothing to worry about.

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 51 - 55 >> Interview 17 >> Explains that his appointment with the urologist was delayed because of administrative problems.

Testicular cancer (seminoma) diagnosed in 1999; orchidectomy. No evidence of secondary tumours, but radiotherapy 5 times a week for 4 weeks to prevent recurrence.

• Cancer >> Testicular Cancer >> Age Group 51 - 55 >> Interview 02 >> Explains that he would have liked the CT scan while he was in hospital and that he disliked the delays.

Testicular cancer (seminoma) diagnosed in 2001; orchidectomy. No evidence of secondary tumours, though some concern about one small gland. Radiotherapy planned (8 treatments) to prevent recurrence.

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Delays in seeing a specialist

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Delays in seeing a specialist