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Diagnosed with bladder cancer in 2001, and unsuccessfully treated with a bladder infusion of BCG. Offered radiotherapy but declined because it was thought that treatment might affect mobility (due to polyneuropathy diagnosed in 1994).

Dying & bereavement >> Living with Dying >> Age 51-60 >> Interview 17 >> She intends to make a “living will” because she would hate to be resuscitated if she were “on the way out”.

Diagnosed with cancer of the kidney in 2001, with metastases in the lung and bone. Treated with surgery, Interferon, and radiotherapy (to bone), and also complementary therapy.

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