A 32 year old woman is rejoicing in her cancer-free life after undergoing the UK's pioneering liver transplant to combat advanced bowel cancer.
Bianca Perea initially visited her GP with mild symptoms, including constipation and bloating. Following a series of tests, including blood tests, a stool sample, colonoscopy, and biopsy, she received the devastating diagnosis of stage four bowel cancer in November 2021, with the disease having spread extensively throughout her liver.
Ms Perea recalled: "I actually didn't have really bad symptoms at all." She experienced only minor changes in her bowel habits, some bloating, and slight stomach pain - nothing that prevented her from wearing her clothes comfortably, but enough to cause concern.
However, after seeing a cancer advert on TV, she said it would "jump out of the TV at me." READ MORE: Michelle Keegan kept pregnancy hidden with clever trick before big reveal with Mark Wright The trainee lawyer from Manchester underwent successful surgery, combined with targeted drug therapy, chemotherapy, and additional surgical intervention, which has left her with no detectable trace of cancer.