Woman cancer-free after receiving UK’s first liver transplant for advanced bowel cancer

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A young woman has received a “second chance at life” after undergoing the UK’s first ever liver transplant for advanced bowel cancer. Ms Perea was 29 when she was told in November 2021 that she had stage four bowel cancer – the most severe kind – despite the fact she “didn’t have really bad symptoms at all”. open image in gallery Doctors hope the cancer won’t return following the liver transplant “Within four weeks of going under the knife, I was able to drive and walk the family dogs, it was really quite incredible,” she said. “Thanks to the generosity of organ donors and their loved ones, we can now access liver transplants for some patients, which is fantastic.” Dr Ian Rowe, honorary consultant hepatologist at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, said: “We are, of course, indebted to the family of the organ donor – as is made clear with Bianca’s case, organ donation saves lives.