the total amount paid out in critical illness claims was £75.19m, with cancer accounting for 74 per cent of claims from women, mainly breast cancer, alongside 51 per cent from men.. tusk made his remarks about the u.s. president's reliability before he chaired a meeting in bulgaria of the 28 leaders whose countries make up the world's biggest trading bloc..

andrew kaye, head of policy at macmillan cancer support said it was �shocking� that a cancer patient had to wait 541 days for treatment.. november 2007  (22).