80,000 back call to arms over cancer

Representatives from 62 charities handed over the document signed by 80,000 supporters, calling on diagnosis and treatment to be made a top priority.

- Giles Sheldrick

CAMPAIGNERS delivered a petition to Downing Street yesterday demanding that officials address the cancer crisis.

The call to arms was backed by scores of support groups, who have united as One Cancer Voice.

to It comes as experts forecast 445,000 people in Britain will be hit with the disease this year, and in each of the next five years.

Anger