Second chance at life
Daily Mirror UK|March 30, 2024
Cancer teen in remission after wonder treatment
MARTIN BAGOT
Second chance at life

THE first NHS patient to receive a treatment that uses the body's own cells to fight cancer has spoken about how it has saved his life.

Yuvan Thakkar, 16, was diagnosed with a form of leukaemia and by age 11 had endured chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant, but both treatments failed.

He then became the first NHS patient to receive pioneering CAR-T cancer therapy, which involves removing immune cells and modifying them in a laboratory so they can recognise cancer cells.

Preparing for his GCSEs this summer, with the help of mum Sapna and dad Vinay, Yuvan is in remission.

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