PM Rishi Sunak has said more needs to be done to raise money and beat childhood cancer.
The Mail teamed up with Cancer Research UK in a campaign to raise funds.
Government have dedicated £22.5million to develop therapies and treatment.
Rishi Sunak declared that he is ‘proud’ to support the Daily Mail’s children’s cancer campaign.
Praising this paper’s partnership with Cancer Research UK, the Prime Minister said more needed to be done to beat childhood cancer and gave his full backing to the ‘excellent’ cause.
Almost all the drugs currently used to treat tumours in children have been developed and tested based on how cancer behaves in adults
Mr Sunak said: ‘I’m proud to support the excellent Fighting to Beat Children’s Cancer campaign led by the Daily Mail and Cancer Research UK.
‘The NHS is diagnosing many more patients with cancer at an earlier stage than before but we need to do more to improve treatment and outcomes, particularly amongst children.
‘That is why we’re investing tens of millions of pounds in life-saving cancer research and opening over 100 community diagnostic centres across the country, delivering two million tests, scans and checks locally.’
Mr Sunak added: ‘Together we can beat cancer and the Fighting to Beat Children’s Cancer campaign is a hugely welcome contribution to that effort.’
The Government wants to follow the success of strategies that were used to secure and roll out the Covid vaccine.
The funding will form part of the NHS Cancer Programme, which aims to spot three quarters of cancers at stage one or two by 2028.
The programme also aims to help 55,000 more people each year to survive for at least five years after diagnosis.
Cancer remains the leading cause of death by disease in youngsters in the UK, killing one in five of those diagnosed – around 500 a year.
Cancer Research UK estimates that cases will rise by a fifth by 2040.
All money raised will support the charity’s work on cancers affecting young people, so that more 0-24 year olds can survive with a good quality of life.
