Roger Daltrey ‘sick’ of witnessing late diagnosis of cancer

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Rock star Sir Roger Daltrey says he is “sick” of seeing young people dying because of late diagnosis of cancer as he receives his knighthood for services to music and charity during an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle. Report by Ajagbef. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00And I am still, after 35 years of this charity being in existence, talking about the issues

00:07that adolescents and young adults face, I am still sick of seeing the face of an 18,

00:1519, 20 year old, more or less, more females than males, unfortunately, who have died from

00:24late diagnosis of cancer.

00:26Now, I've got to tell you that teenagers don't like to go to the doctor.

00:31If they go to a GP more than once and he recommends something that they should try before they come

00:38back for the second time, and they come back a second time because it hasn't worked, then

00:43there's something seriously wrong and they should be taken up a ladder of finding out

00:50what's going on.

00:51And that hasn't been happening and I've been on the ballot now for 35 years and there's

00:56been no movement.

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