Opinion: ‘We can’t afford to stop now’

The government and mainstream media are to blame for this due their coronavirus ‘project fear’ campaign. You have a 99.4% chance of making a full recovery from coronavirus with the average age of people dying with it being 82, which is higher than the average life expectancy in the UK. Yet 50% of us will get cancer, all of whom will die if not treated.
People who have supported lockdown are responsible for the lack of funding, delayed research and people dying from cancelled cancer treatment. You people need to understand that as well as cancer there are many other illnesses that pose a far bigger threat than coronavirus. Johnson needs to held to account.

It’s heart breaking. Your help is so essential to those who suffer from cancer.
I’m always trying to support you as much as I can in memory of my dad whom I lost to lung cancer 2 years ago.
Ps. I don’t know how else to contact you but if you doing some raffles I would like to donate voucher for complimentary treatment. Also soon, when the course is on I will add to my qualifications cancer complimentary treatment and hopefully will be able to support hospice close to where I leave.

The government need to contribute 100% if they sanctioned a contribution from every tax payer I would welcome that I support you and your dedication

I love getting these emails and I long for the day when cancer can be beaten once and for all. My son died last October (32yrs) from a glioblastoma and I know know that there is little funding for research into brain cancer BUT we keep going in hope!

Funding for cancer research must continue as more and more people are contracting this disease. There has to be a cure. Covid has stopped a lot if cancer treatments which should not be ignored, which is resulting in more deaths.

This is very worrying, 1 in 2 people to be affected by cancer the cost of treating this alone must be astronomical, to prevent a lot of these costs invest in research should be a given, spend to prevent over spend.

Many of my relatives have died from Cancer over the years. I’ve worked on Cade units during my career and can appreciate the work done over the years with vast improvements in preservation and extension of life, mainly due to research into not only a cure but quality of life thanks to improved treatments, like Immunotherapy. When I was Nursing the main treatments were many months of Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy. Improvements have reduced the amounts needed to not only control the disease but to shrink tumours. This imo has to have been due to on-going research. As the risk of so many of us run a high risk of developing cancer it makes sense to help the research in a small way, depending on personal finances of course.

No matter who we are or who we know or even who we will know, Cancer is something that will affect us all at sometime in our lives. It has a stigma that makes us all terrified when we hear that we have it or a loved one has it. Without your work and dedication to finding a way forward in dealing with it more and more people will suffer. It won’t be controlled by a vaccine , if only it could , so whilst the world is and rightly so searching for a vaccine to control COVID 19 your work has to continue and the public still need to support as does the government. Once This pandemic is under control you will all still be working to protect and save lives. Thank you for that. What can we do to continue to raise your profile ? Petitions ? Letters to Government ? Or everyone that donates increasing there subscription by a few pence ? I am sure we would not object to that. So maybe we all need to be asked to increase
the direct debit. I am sure that the majority would be happy to do this. We are all contributing because we want to and what’s a couple of pence more , pennies make £££.

Keep up the good work!
I feel the Government should be ring fencing funds for the medical charities, including Cancer Research, given the essential work they do.

At the age of 74 my wife had bowel cancer last year and – most fortunately – it was diagnosed early with no need for follow-up treatment following her operation. But there were (fortunately resolved) question-marks over follow-up examinations as staff ‘might be exposed to Covid’. We have so far been fortunate but the thought of further such question marks over necessary cancer treatments is an appalling misbalance of judgment by the Government amid (in my view) a greatly over-inflated response to a new virus in which fatalities (which in fact are quite minimal) are grossly over-magnified by the Media. I have the deepest sympathy with this cause and although my monthly donations are small a further contribution is in my view fully justified.

This really breaks my heart 😥

You all do amazing work and I will continue with my support

I think the government should go with out there pay rise an donat it to cancer research

Is there a petition we could sign to ask the government for more funding?

The government should 100% support. Please keep up the great work and thank you.

Reading this report and stating the facts is a weak up call for me and i’m sure others.

I feel the government should increase the money spent on the NHS so that the service can cope better in an emergency and the new research into treatments . However the money would need to probably come from increased tax .

I’m going in hospital for bladder cancer operation 14th December don’t no how bad it is hopefully ok need more money from the government need to save more lives from this horrible llness need to raise a lot of money to help people live longer everyone gave £1 pound at least £65 million pounds that would go long way for research

I think your work is invaluable. My daughter has been treated this year for breast cancer and, having finished chemotherapy, is about to start radiotherapy. She has been told all the cancer has been removed and this will be the final layer of protection. I can’t thank Cancer Research UK enough.

I am a cancer survivor and feel the treatment I received was wonderful. I was diagnosed and treated very quickly and had access to support and the outcome of research and investment. It is good to keep in touch with research developments and in particular news about the challenges being faced by the NHS and research facilities during the present pandemic crisis and the coming challenges we can expect to face after leaving the EU.

thanks a lot

Times are difficult please continue with your fantastic work

Appreciate the huge challenge CRUK faces, in these circumstances could the strategy include more emphasis on learning how to achieve earlier diagnoses as a cost and result effective way of helping to mitigate the vastly reduced budget?

My husband was diagnosed with terminal cancer last week. We knew it was bad but didn’t think as bad. He first reported the symptoms way back in July but because of the type of tumour had to have numerous tests. We as a family cannot come to terms with it especially our youngest daughter. I asked him what he wanted for Christmas the other day and said a future it just breaking my heart. I just wonder if it hadn’t been for Covid he would have been diagnosed earlier. I hope you can get funding as this is such an awful disease.

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