“Without her, I don’t think I would be here”: cancer survivors pay homage to Lady Deborah James

Ladies Deborah James it leaves a “huge legacy,” said Genevieve Edwards, executive director of the UK’s bowel cancer department.

Ms Edwards told BBC Radio 4 today: “She has never stopped raising awareness. Bowel cancer is something that people find it hard to talk about often and not really … they find it a little awkward.

“She removed it all and shone a bright light on it.”

Teresa Whitfield, who was diagnosed with third-degree bowel cancer after the examination Ladies Deborah when talking about symptoms on television, he told the program that Dame Deborah had saved her life.

Asked what she would say to Dame Deborah’s family, Ms. Whitfield, who is now cancer-free, replied: “Thank you. Without her, I don’t think I would be here today. Her campaign is critical and we, as patients with bowel cancer, as survivors of bowel cancer, and like everyone who thinks they would have bowel cancer, we need to continue with the legacy she has.

“We need to continue with the awareness campaign.”

“Her legacy is millions of lives she will save”

Said Sajid Javid, the health minister, said The legacy of Dame Deborah would be “many, probably millions of lives to be saved” with his campaign work on raising awareness about bowel cancer.

Mr Javid said during a visit to Great Ormond Street Hospital to announce his plan for digital health and social care: “I was very sad, I think, like the whole nation, at the news of Dame Deborah. My thoughts are immediately with her family. and friends.

“But she was an inspiration to the whole country. I think everyone heard about her because of her fantastic work in raising awareness of what the C-word called it.

“I think her legacy will be many, probably millions of lives to be saved.”