A new mum who was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer just months after giving birth is pinning her hopes for survival on ground-breaking treatment in Turkey. Mairi Claire Routledge, 39, was first diagnosed with the disease in 2010.
However, the cancer returned in 2015 and the stage 4 diagnosis was delivered to her in October 2020. Mairi is undergoing chemotherapy but feels her survival rests on pionering cancer treatment that is currently unavailable on the NHS.
The Chemothermia Clinic in Istanbul carries out the innovative treatment which specialises in Metabolically Supported Chemotherapy (MSCT). As reported by Chronicle Live, the clinic says patients receive "smaller doses of cytotoxic drugs but [the treatment] delivers a higher concentration to the cancerous tissues."
