Dame Deborah James' father says the late 癌 選挙運動者 would want him to 'knock some 長，率いるs together' - as her family 勧めるs the 政府 to create a long-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 癌 戦略 to 確実にする 早期に diagnosis

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Dame Deborah James's father has said she would tell him to 'knock some 長，率いるs together' as her family 勧める all UK 政党s to commit to a long-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 癌?戦略.

Dame Deborah died in June 2022 at the age of 40, five years after she was 診断するd with bowel 癌.

She used her diagnosis to raise 認識／意識性 of the 病気 and 始める，決める up the Bowelbabe 基金 for 癌 研究 UK, which has raised more than £12 million.

Her family have now written an open letter 勧めるing all UK 政党s to commit to a 戦略 'to give more people 影響する／感情d by 癌 more time with the people they love'.

Her father Alistair James told BBC 無線で通信する 4's Today programme: 'I think this 現在の 戦略 of 早期に diagnosis saves lives and Deborah would be 説 "Dad, it makes ありふれた sense. Just knock some 長，率いるs together and see if we get everybody に引き続いて it and working for it".'

Dame Deborah James (pictured) died in June 2022, five years after she was 診断するd with 行う／開催する／段階 three bowel 癌

In a letter published in The Sun newspaper, Dame Deborah's husband Sebastien Bowen, her parents Alistair and Heather James and her siblings Ben James and Sarah Wieczorek said they are joining 癌 研究 UK in its Longer, Better Lives manifesto.

The manifesto calls for the 政府 to publish a long-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 癌 戦略 within one year of the 総選挙, to '運動 earlier diagnosis and 減ずる 不平等s in 接近 to 治療 and care'.

'That is why we are calling on all 政党s to make the 近づいている 総選挙 a 目印 moment by committing to a long-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 癌 戦略 for England, helping to give more people 影響する／感情d by 癌 more time with the people they love,' the letter sai d.

'Sadly, we are not unique as a family in losing a loved one too soon to 癌.

'Many families across the country feel the same heartbreak every day. But it does not have to be this way.

'People 影響する／感情d by 癌 must be at the heart of this 総選挙.'

Mr James told Today the family 約束d Dame Deborah they would continue to （選挙などの）運動をする after her death.

He said: 'Her （選挙などの）運動をするing, her enthusiasm was so important in getting a message across.

Deborah James pictured with her father, Alistair James. 決定するd to continue Deborah's 遺産／遺物, Alistair is 勧めるing UK 政党s to come together to develop a long-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 癌 戦略?

'And one of the things in her final days , a 約束 we made as a family to continue her 遺産／遺物, which was both fundraising and the 遺産／遺物 and spreading the word.

'We knew we will be carrying on with this, it's important that it continues. And Deborah 供給するd us a 壇・綱領・公約 and a 発言する／表明する. It's important we continue to use that.

'We're talking about our eldest child, which brings 支援する many painful memories, but also many happy memories. And the thing is, we're やめる fortunate, Deborah might have died, but she lives in so many people's thoughts and ideas, and we're 許すd to talk about it and 株 her. So I think we do get a 利益 from it, 同様に as other people.'

He 追加するd: 'In the 早期に 行う／開催する／段階s, we knew little about bowel 癌. We knew little about even what was 原因（となる）ing it.

'Deborah was 35, she was fit, she was a vegetarian, I would be the person you'd 推定する／予想する to get bowel 癌, not her.

'It was so sad that her diagnosis was really に向かって the end of 行う／開催する／段階 three when we 設立する out about it.

'And we all know 早期に diagnosis, 行う／開催する／段階 one and two, you've got nine out of 10 chances to live.

'Sadly, 行う／開催する／段階 three and four, that's 負かす／撃墜する to one out of 10 to live for five years.'

In the letter, Dame Deborah's family 述べるd the You, Me And The Big C podcast host as having '粉砕するd stigmas around 癌' 同様に as 存在 a '熱烈な 支持する of the importance of 早期に diagnosis'.

'診断するing 癌 at an earlier 行う／開催する／段階 saves lives,' the family 追加するd.

They said the 戦略 should 含む 増加するs in the NHS 癌 全労働人口 and 投資 in '決定的な diagnosis 器具／備品 to 確実にする everyone who needs it can 接近 the 権利 実験（する）, in the 権利 place, at the 権利 time'.

It comes weeks after 分析 by the Bowelbabe 基金 for 癌 研究 UK 示唆するd that 事例／患者s of bowel 癌 are 始める，決める to rise 意味ありげに by 2040.

Bowel 癌 事例／患者s will rise from the 42,800 現在／一般に 診断するd 事例／患者s each year to 47,700 予定 to a growing and ageing 全住民, によれば the 分析.