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Deborah James: ‘I might be recovering from cancer but my friends are gone’
While many cancer patients have seen treatment suspended because of coronavirus, she realises she is one of the lucky ones after recently losing dear friend Kelly Smith.And she's "terrified" that more patients could fall victim unless the Government quickly acts to address the crisis in cancer care.Kelly, 31, from Manchester, whose son Finley is six, died of bowel cancer in months lifeline cancer June when her chemotherapy treatment was stopped during lockdown.Her parents Mandy and Craig Russell are now calling on the Government to get cancer services back up and running to avoid further tragedies and have launched a petition - which has so far received more than 200,000 signatures - to stop tens of thousands of coronavirus-linked cancer