A woman given just two months to live is now free of cancer after a clinical trial of a drug so experimental it doesn't even have a name. Eliana Keeling, 65, was left in shock when a routine blood test revealed she had acute myeloid leukaemia - a type of blood cancer - a week before Christmas in 2020.
She started chemotherapy on Christmas Day that year, but despite two intensive rounds, Eliana was given the devastating news her cancer was terminal in May 2021. But fit and active Eliana, a retired teacher from Manchester, refused to accept it was the end and asked to be referred to an expert cancer centre, The Christie, in the city.
She was enrolled on a clinical drug trial which amazingly put her into remission in just six months - meaning she was able to then have a bone marrow transplant. Eliana, who has been in remission ever since, said: “When I was told the chemo hadn’t worked and I had a couple of months to live, I knew there was no way I was going to accept that.
