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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Jane Kirby

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Uk s first liver transplant for advanced bowel cancer is a success - Caught on Camera

Bianca Perea is cancer-free after undergoing the UK’s first liver transplant for advanced bowel cancer (Phil Tragen/Christie NHS Foundation Trust/PA) -

A young woman is cancer-free after undergoing the UK’s first liver transplant for advanced bowel cancer.

Bianca Perea, a 32-year-old trainee lawyer from Manchester, was given the surgery in the hope it could offer a potential cure for her deadly disease.

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