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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 1999 91(14):1184-1185; doi:10.1093/jnci/91.14.1184
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 91, No. 14, 1184-1185, July 21, 1999
© 1999 Oxford University Press

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UK's Tony Blair Announces Crusade to Fight Cancer

Sabine Steimle

British expatriate and breast cancer survivor Amanda Thomson considers herself lucky. "When I was diagnosed in 1993, I lived in Brussels, Belgium," she said. "There I had immediate access to a cancer specialist and also received high quality care. In the United Kingdom, I fear there would have been much longer time-lags, and I may not have even seen one."

It is this type of scenario, presumably, that encouraged British Prime Minister Tony Blair to take action to improve cancer treatment and care in the U.K. In a letter published May 20, 1999, in the London newspaper, the Daily Mail, he announced the beginning of a national crusade against cancer aimed at . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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