Cure for cancer is number one wish; Our Health.A CURE for cancer has been named as the number one wish for the new millennium in a nationwide poll. The Cancer Research Campaign is urging supporters to send their millennium wishes to Prime Minister Tony Blair Noun 1. Tony Blair - British statesman who became prime minister in 1997 (born in 1953) Anthony Charles Lynton Blair, Blair on a Christmas card. A spokesman said: "There are now more than one million people in Britain who have survived cancer and we would like to build on that success. "Dozens of celebrities have supported the campaign, including Gaby Roslin Gaby Roslin (born July 12 1964) is an English television presenter and Actress. Biography Early life Roslin is the daughter of the former BBC radio announcer Clive Roslin, who was born and raised in London. , Carol Vorderman Carl Vorderman MBE (born 24 December 1950 Bedford [1]) is a Welsh television personality best known for being a long-standing co-presenter of Channel 4 game show Countdown. She was awarded an MBE in June 2000. , Michael Owen
To send a card to the Prime Minister, write to Tony Blair, c/o the Communications Department, The Cancer Research Campaign, 10 Cambridge Terrace, London, NW1 4JL. Messages will be delivered to Number 10 in time for Christmas. The Cancer Research Campaign is the leading cancer charity in the UK dedicated to developing new treatments and cures. Study of lung patients LUNG cancer lung cancer, cancer that originates in the tissues of the lungs. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States in both men and women. Like other cancers, lung cancer occurs after repeated insults to the genetic material of the cell. patients who see a specialist chest doctor can live an average of three months longer, a new survey reveals. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the results of a study by the British Thoracic Society The British Thoracic Society (BTS) is a specialist medical society in the United Kingdom in the field of respiratory medicine. The society was formed in 1982 by the amalgamation of the British Thoracic Association and the Thoracic Society. , these patients are more likely to receive active treatment. The findings were revealed in an analysis of hospital and GP case notes for 3,752 lung cancer patients in Scotland which has the highest incidence of lung cancer in the world. The survey showed that sufferers who visited chest physicians were more likely to have an investigation of a tissue sample and receive active treatment such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy. According to the survey, 14 per cent of patients received surgery after seeing a specialist compared with nine per cent who did not see an expert. Four in 10 received radiotherapy after seeing the chest specialist compared with three in 10 who did not. Dr Ronald Fergusson, the consultant lung physician at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh who carried out the research, said: "This is due to patients getting more active treatment than those patients who see other types of doctors such as general physicians and geriatricians. CAPTION(S): SUPPORTER... Gaby Roslin |
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