Karol Sikora

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KAROL SIKORA: When your country has one of the lowest cancer survival rates in Western Europe, you are entitled to expect the Government to bend every sinew in its efforts to improve the situation.

The odds are stacked firmly in The King’s favour when it comes to his changes of making a full recovery. Yet at 75, there are some crucial factors to be taken into consideration.

KAROL SIKORA: It is alarming that hundreds of NHS staff are not based in the UK. To not even be in the same building as patients you are treating makes me question why they went into medicine.

As an oncologist of nearly 50 years standing, I am happy to say that what Kate has told us gives me great grounds for optimism.

It is only two months since we learned of Charles’s diagnosis and so you may expect me, as a consultant cancer specialist, to urge a cautious approach. In fact, I’m in favour of the King resuming his royal duties.

Professor Karol Sikora is a former director of the WHO Cancer Programme and medical director of Rutherford Cancer Centres

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