Profiles

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Pauline - Interview 33

Pauline had three excisions, radiotherapy and tamoxifen. She had DCIS as well as invasive breast cancer.

  • Background

    Pauline is a teacher and single. Ethnic background/nationality: White British

  • Age at interview 52
  • Sex/Gender Female
  • Di - Interview 32

    Di was diagnosed with DCIS in 2003 after her first routine mammogram. She had a mastectomy and LD flap reconstruction six months after diagnosis.

  • Background

    Di is a married teacher with two adult sons. Ethnic background / nationality: White British

  • Age at interview 52
  • Sex/Gender Female
  • Jacqui - Interview 31

    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.

  • Background

    Jacqui is a widowed teacher with two adult children. Ethnic background / nationality: White British

  • Age at interview 52
  • Sex/Gender Female
  • Janet - Interview 30

    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.

  • Background

    Janet is a retired NHS secretary and divorced. Ethnic background / nationality: White British

  • Age at interview 68
  • Sex/Gender Female
  • Rachel - Interview 29

    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.

  • Background

    Rachel is a married household manager. Ethnic background / nationality: White British

  • Age at interview 52
  • Sex/Gender Female
  • Pauline - Interview 28

    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.

  • Background

    Pauline is a married teacher with one adult child. Ethnic background / nationality: White British

  • Age at interview 52
  • Sex/Gender Female
  • Patricia - Interview 27

    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.

  • Background

    Ethnic background / nationality: White British

  • Age at interview 57
  • Sex/Gender Female
  • Hazel - Interview 26

    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.

  • Background

    Hazel is widowed and a retired business woman with two children. Ethnic background / nationality: White British

  • Age at interview 69
  • Sex/Gender Female
  • Jacky - Interview 25

    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.

  • Background

    Jacky is married and a retired civilian manager (police). Ethnic background / nationality: White British

  • Age at interview 61
  • Sex/Gender Female
  • Eileen - Interview 24

    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.

  • Background

    Eileen is a retired writer and single. Ethnic background / nationality: White British

  • Age at interview 62
  • Sex/Gender Female