Cancer and COVID: Surviving a pandemic

COVID-19 has put the NHS in the most dangerous situation in living memory, piling unprecedented amounts of pressure on an already strained health service.In some instances, life-saving cancer treatment may be postponed, a move that will undoubtedly cost lives.In the first lockdown, cancer referrals were down by 75% which has created a backlog of undiagnosed cancer patients.Have lessons been learnt and can we save the lives of more cancer patients during the second wave of coronavirus?On this episode, Sky News sports presenter Jacquie Beltrao is joined by columnist and cancer podcaster Deborah James, also known as Bowel Babe, to discuss their experiences of living with cancer in the middle of a pandemic.They're also joined by oncologist and president of the Royal College of Radiologists, Dr Jeanette Dickson, to ask what impact the second wave will have on cancer treatment.Daily podcast team:Podcast producer - Annie JoycePodcast producer - Nicola EyersPodcast producer - Emma Rae WoodhouseInterviews producer - Tatiana AldersonArchive - Simon WindsorArchive - Robert FellowesMusic - Steven Wheeler