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Age Group 51 - 55
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Interview 03
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Remembers that his wife put on a brave face while he had cancer but was feeling very bad inside.
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.
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Testicular Cancer
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Age Group 51 - 55
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Interview 04
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Suggests that long term relationships may suffer as the result of cancer.
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
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Testicular Cancer
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Age Group 51 - 55
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Interview 04
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Arthur Frank suggests that long term relationships may suffer as the result of cancer.
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).
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Age Group 41 - 50
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Interview 27
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Recalls it was hard telling his wife and children about the cancer and asserts that it was devastating for them.
Testicular cancer (seminoma) diagnosed in 2001; orchidectomy. No secondary tumours but 8 treatments of radiotherapy to prevent recurrence.
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