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UK’s first liver transplant for advanced bowel cancer is a success

Bianca Perea was a bit bloated and constipated but had no idea her symptoms were cancer.

The Independent UK · Jan 6, 2025

Greater Manchester braces for worst NHS strikes so far as ambulance staff and nurses walk out, warns health chief

Monday will be the first time both nurses and ambulance workers are striking on the same date

Manchester Evening News · Feb 4, 2023

Breast cancer patients start proton beam therapy trial

Proton beam therapy is significantly more expensive compared to standard radiotherapy

Wales Online · Jan 3, 2023

Woman sees her cancer tumours shrink in half on experimental drug

Terri Hurdman, 49, was climbing stairs with no effort hours after her trial treatment having previously been left exhausted by the simplest of tasks

Wales Online · Mar 28, 2022

Gran, 49, sees advanced bowel cancer tumours shrink after new drug treatment

The medicine, so new it has yet to be named, saw Terri Hurdman's tumours from advanced bowel cancer shrink in half after the experimental treatment

Daily Mirror · Mar 27, 2022