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You, Me and the Big C: Putting the can in cancer

About the Impact of Coronavirus on Cancer

You, Me and the Big C: Putting the can in cancer

BBC

Health & Fitness, News

4.83.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2020

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Michelle Mitchell the CEO of Cancer Research UK and Lucy Gossage, a consultant oncologist working in Nottingham University Hospitals join Lauren, Deborah and Steve to talk about the impact of Covid-19 on cancer diagnosis and treatment in the UK during lockdown.

We'd like to dedicate this podcast to Kelly Smith, Alex Jackson and those who have lost their lives during this global pandemic.

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.

0:04.9

The podcast that you're about to hear was recorded a week ago.

0:09.5

And since then, very sadly, we have some news to share and we feel it's really important

0:15.1

that we share it with you guys.

0:18.3

Our friend of the pod, our friend in real life as well, Kelly Smith, known on social media

0:27.4

as Kick As a Kell died a few days ago.

0:33.7

And I would say, well, she was my best bowly.

0:37.9

And even saying this makes it real and incredibly hard to listen.

0:44.0

We want to wish her friends, her family, all our love, our support.

0:52.4

And from my perspective, until we dance again.

0:59.9

Kelly was a, as Deb said, is a friend to us and the pod and a friend in real life.

1:06.3

And just to echo what Deb said, we absolutely love UKL and so much love to KELSE friend's

1:12.9

family.

1:13.9

Everyone that knew in a door, they're like, we did.

1:17.3

Yeah, she was a little star, wasn't she?

1:19.4

Yeah, now I can remember the, in the first time that I met her, I drove because she

1:27.0

lives about 10 miles away from my life.

1:29.2

And I drove over there and it was absolutely pouring down the rain.

1:33.8

We're going to take a dog for a walk.

1:35.1

And I was in like the barber and the wellies and everything, all fully kind of wet weathered

1:40.6

up.

1:41.6

And she opened the door in bright white trainers, a fur coat, without so much as an umbrella

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