Signing up to the Cancer Commitment
Recently I signed up to Cancer Research UK's Cancer Commitment, which aims to make UK cancer outcomes among the best in Europe in the next ten years.
Cancer remains the public's number one fear. With a concerted effort from the next Parliament, I am sure we can give hope to the millions of people affected by cancer and their friends and family.
More than one in three people in Putney will develop some form of cancer during their lifetime. My own family - like many - has been touched by cancer. In the last thirty years, the UK's 10-year survival rates have doubled but cancer survival rates still lag behind the best performing countries in Europe such as Sweden, Norway and Finland.
The Cancer Commitment calls on MPs in the next Parliament to take action in five key areas:
· Detecting cancer earlier
· Providing world class treatment
· Preventing more cancers
· Tackling cancer inequalities
· Protecting the UK?s research base
For information on Cancer Research UK?s Commit To Beat Cancer campaign, visit: http://www.committobeatcancer.org/
Cancer remains the public's number one fear. With a concerted effort from the next Parliament, I am sure we can give hope to the millions of people affected by cancer and their friends and family.
More than one in three people in Putney will develop some form of cancer during their lifetime. My own family - like many - has been touched by cancer. In the last thirty years, the UK's 10-year survival rates have doubled but cancer survival rates still lag behind the best performing countries in Europe such as Sweden, Norway and Finland.
The Cancer Commitment calls on MPs in the next Parliament to take action in five key areas:
· Detecting cancer earlier
· Providing world class treatment
· Preventing more cancers
· Tackling cancer inequalities
· Protecting the UK?s research base
For information on Cancer Research UK?s Commit To Beat Cancer campaign, visit: http://www.committobeatcancer.org/
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