When Matt was 20 years old his life was all about university, booze and football not thinking about the possibility of getting cancer but it was after Matt hurt his ankle during a football match that a scan and a […]
Films Tagged: Biopsy (40 films)
26 year old Tom was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma back in February 2004. Tom speaks about how he put off seeing a GP about a painless lump in his neck as he never imagined it would turn out to be […]
FYSOT ’12 – Delays in Diagnosis
16 year old Ryan from Portsmouth was diagnosed with cancer for the first time at only 3 years old with Burkitt’s lymphoma (B Cell lymphoma) after biopsies, operations, chemotherapy and a couple of infections later Ryan started to get better […]
The Story of Ryan
When Faye was born she had a small red patch on her neck which her parents noticed was getting bigger, eventually it got so big it began to press on Faye’s windpipe so the decision was made to give Faye […]
“If I had to pick a cancer, I’d pick yours” – Part One
A revealing film on the important topic that is late diagnosis, young people share their experience on how doctors continued to miss their symptoms and how these impacted on their daily lives.
Late Diagnosis
Danielle had two young children when she had Hodgkin’s Lymphoma treatment on an adult chemotherapy day unit.
Real Stories: Danielle
Here we are introduced to Holly Rix from Cardiff, who was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in January of last year. After discovering a lump on her neck, Holly visited her GP, who then referred her to the hospital to have […]
Meet Holly
This is sixteen year old Amy Bowyer’s story, as we hear how a series of biopsies of a tumour behind her nose led to the diagnosis of Burkitt’s Lymphoma in July. Treated in Southampton Hospital, Amy explains how grateful she […]
From Amy Bowyer
Here we meet 22 year old Claire Henderson who, after finding a lump in her groin in early 2007, was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. As Claire tells her story, we learn about her daily routine in hospital, how she felt […]
Round the Clock on 10 North: part 1
17 year old Josephine is on her 4th week of chemo after diagnosis of Osteosarcoma.
Josephine part 1
At the end of 2006 Carol was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in her right shoulder.
Carol Starkey
In this film, Lucie explains what life was like for her during and after her chemo.