A MAN told he had less than 12 months to live is now cancer-free thanks to a trial of a new drug.
Delighted Robert Glynn, 51, said he “wouldn’t be here” if it were not for the treatment.
Robert Glynn, 51, said he ‘wouldn’t be here’ if it were not for the treatment
He was diagnosed with deadly bile duct cancer after suffering severe shoulder pain in 2020.
Also known as biliary tract cancer, just five per cent of people live for five years or more after diagnosis. Robert’s had spread from his liver to his adrenal gland.
The welder, from Worsley, Gtr Manchester, was referred to the Christie NHS Foundation Trust in the city.
Tests found his tumours had large numbers of genetic mutations, suggesting he may respond well to an experimental, as yet unnamed immunotherapy drug combined with chemotherapy.
Both tumours shrank enough for him to undergo surgery last April.
Surgeons found only dead tissue which meant the treatment had killed all the cancer cells.
Mr Glynn, who also took up healthy living to drop from 16st to 11st said: “When something like this happens you realise life is for living.”
Trial leader Prof Juan Valle said: “This research could lead to a change in how we treat patients in the future.”
