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• Cancer >> Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS) >> Age at diagnosis: 50-54 >> Maisie - Interview 19 >> Maisie was scared to have a mammogram but the radiographer was reassuring, and she now advises other women to attend.

Maisie was diagnosed with invasive breast cancer and DCIS. She had a double mastectomy, immediate reconstruction and chemotherapy. She will also be having radiotherapy and hormone therapy.

• Cancer >> Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS) >> Age at diagnosis: 50-54 >> Gillian - Interview 4 >> Gillian was with her husband when she was told she had DCIS. She was shocked, scared and, later, tearful. She found it hard to talk to anyone and felt

Gillian was diagnosed with high-grade DCIS in 2006, aged 50, a year after her first routine mammogram. She had two breast conserving operations and, later, a mastectomy.

• Cancer >> Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS) >> Age at diagnosis: 50-54 >> Jacky - Interview 25 >> The word ‘cancer’ frightened Jacky. She knew nothing about DCIS and desperately wanted to understand what it was.

Jacky was diagnosed with DCIS in her right breast in 1994, aged 52, and had two wide local excisions. Later, a second cancer was found in her left breast and Jacky had a mastectomy.

• Cancer >> Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS) >> Age at diagnosis: under 50 >> Jacqui - Interview 31 >> Jacqui was very happy with the care she got from her surgeon, but felt the anaesthetist could have been more sensitive.

Jacqui was diagnosed with DCIS in 1995 after having a mammogram that was part of a clinical trial. She had a mastectomy and, two weeks later, a reconstruction using an implant.

• Cancer >> Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS) >> Age at diagnosis: under 50 >> Kath - Interview 12 >> Kath was extremely worried about having general anaesthetic because she’d had problems with it in the past. She was having a mastectomy and immediate

Kath was diagnosed with DCIS in 2007, aged 47, after seeing her GP because her breast felt dense. She had a mastectomy and LD flap reconstruction.

• Cancer >> Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS) >> Age at diagnosis: 50-54 >> Beverley - Interview 15 >> Beverley was petrified the night before surgery and hardly slept. After surgery, she found the first three days uncomfortable and didn’t get much rest

Beverley was diagnosed with DCIS in 2006, aged 50. She had a mastectomy and DIEP flap reconstruction, which she was very happy with.

• Cancer >> Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS) >> Age at diagnosis: 50-54 >> Beverley - Interview 15 >> Beverley feels that information about DCIS before going for breast screening could be frightening. People only want to know about cancer when they are

Beverley was diagnosed with DCIS in 2006, aged 50. She had a mastectomy and DIEP flap reconstruction, which she was very happy with.