The first patient in the UK with advanced bowel cancer to receive a liver transplant after the disease spread to it has said she had been given "a second chance at life". Bianca Perea, a 32-year-old trainee lawyer from Wigan in Greater Manchester, had the pioneering operation in the summer of 2024.

Bianca Perea, a 32-year-old from Greater Manchester, has made history as the first person in the UK to receive a liver transplant for advanced bowel cancer.

Bianca Perea was told prolonging life was the only option when she was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer in 2021

Bianca Perea, 32, was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer in November 2021, which had spread to all eight segments of her liver. Despite the grim prognosis, she is now cancer-free following innovative medical interventions.