Pauline - Interview 33
Pauline had three excisions, radiotherapy and tamoxifen. She had DCIS as well as invasive breast cancer.
Pauline is a teacher and single. Ethnic background/nationality: White British
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Pauline had three excisions, radiotherapy and tamoxifen. She had DCIS as well as invasive breast cancer.
Pauline is a teacher and single. Ethnic background/nationality: White British
Di was diagnosed with DCIS in 2003 after her first routine mammogram. She had a mastectomy and LD flap reconstruction six months after diagnosis.
Di is a married teacher with two adult sons. Ethnic background / nationality: White British
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.
Jacqui is a widowed teacher with two adult children. Ethnic background / nationality: White British
Janet was diagnosed with DCIS in 1997 after a routine mammogram and had a recurrence in 2003. She had a wide local excision and radiotherapy in 1997 and a mastectomy in 2003. She was also prescribed tamoxifen then.
Janet is a retired NHS secretary and divorced. Ethnic background / nationality: White British
Rachel was diagnosed with DCIS after her first mammogram. She felt she was rushed into having a mastectomy, which she had one day after her diagnosis.
Rachel is a married household manager. Ethnic background / nationality: White British
Pauline was diagnosed with DCIS in 2001, aged 49, after her first routine mammogram. She had two excisions, followed by a mastectomy and reconstruction using an implant. She also had radiotherapy and took tamoxifen for two years.
Pauline is a married teacher with one adult child. Ethnic background / nationality: White British
Patricia was diagnosed with DCIS in 1999, aged 53. She had a mastectomy and, about a year later, a second mastectomy because she felt unbalanced with only one breast and worried about recurrence.
Ethnic background / nationality: White British
In 1991 Hazel had a wide local excision, after which she was diagnosed with DCIS. She then researched DCIS and breast screening and chooses not to have routine mammograms.
Hazel is widowed and a retired business woman with two children. Ethnic background / nationality: White British
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.
Jacky is married and a retired civilian manager (police). Ethnic background / nationality: White British
Eileen was diagnosed with DCIS in 2002 and had a mastectomy. Afterwards, she questioned the value of breast screening and chooses not to have routine mammograms.
Eileen is a retired writer and single. Ethnic background / nationality: White British