My life was saved in Liverpool, thanks to cancer trial
HELEN YORKE, 48, had surgery for pancreatic cancer in August, 2007, and took part in a chemotherapy trial being run in Liverpool.
A year and a half later, she is back at work as a data entry specialist. The Liverpool-born mother-of-two, who now lives in Lowton, said: “When I had the chance to go on the trial, I was apprehensive.
“A third of the patients were to have no chemotherapy, a third to have the standard chemo and the rest were to have a new kind.
“To start with, I half hoped the computer would allocate me to have none, but I was given the chance to have the new treatment and now I am so glad I did.
“I was born in Liverpool and my life was saved in Liverpool. Everyone involved in my treatment has been fantastic.”
