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• Cancer >> Testicular Cancer >> Age Group 31 - 40 >> Interview 40 >> Explains that his first symptom was severe pain in the left testicle.

Testicular cancer (teratoma) diagnosed in 1997. Orchidectomy, followed by active monitoring (surveillance). Then secondary tumour found in the spermatic cord. Surgery to remove the tumour and 4 cycles of chemotherapy, each cycle with 7 days in hospital and 14 days at home.

• Cancer >> Testicular Cancer >> Age Group 41 - 50 >> Interview 16 >> Explains that he first experienced severe pain in his back.

Testicular cancer (seminoma) diagnosed in 1996, with secondary tumours in the abdomen. Orchidectomy, followed by 4 months of chemotherapy (each cycle over three weeks with one week in hospital, then 2 weeks at home), and 4 weeks (20 treatments) of radiotherapy.

• 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 20 - 30 >> Interview 42 >> Describes his experience of the intensive care unit after major surgery.

Testicular cancer (teratoma) and secondary tumours diagnosed in 1994. Orchidectomy and 5 cycles of chemotherapy (each with 3 or 4 days in hospital and two weeks at home). In Feb. 1995 major surgery (left thoraco-abdominal retroperitoneal lymph node dissection) to remove a secondary tumour in the abdomen, near to the spine.

• Cancer >> Testicular Cancer >> Age Group 20 - 30 >> Interview 42 >> Recalls that the consultant explained everything and made him feel better.

Testicular cancer (teratoma) and secondary tumours diagnosed in 1994. Orchidectomy and 5 cycles of chemotherapy (each with 3 or 4 days in hospital and two weeks at home). In Feb. 1995 major surgery (left thoraco-abdominal retroperitoneal lymph node dissection) to remove a secondary tumour in the abdomen, near to the spine.

• Cancer >> Testicular Cancer >> Age Group 20 - 30 >> Interview 06 >> Describes his experiences on the ward after a major operation to remove a tumour in his 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.