https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-64119316?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGAA man who "jumped at the chance" to join a drug trial after being diagnosed with cancer and given 12 months to live has said "getting the all-clear was overwhelming".
Robert Glynn was diagnosed with a form of bile duct cancer in 2020 after going to the GP with severe shoulder pain.
He went on to join an immunotherapy trial at Manchester's The Christie.
The 51-year-old from Worsley, Salford, said he was "very lucky as I had the cancer for two years and had no idea".
Mr Glynn, who works as a welder, was diagnosed after suffering severe pain in his shoulder which left him unable to sleep.
He visited his GP and underwent scans and blood tests, but his cancer was only picked up by chance when he got an infection in his gall bladder.
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The day before his 49th birthday, in August 2020, he was told he had intrahepatic bile duct cancer, which was at an advanced stage and had spread to his adrenal gland.
About 1,000 people a year are diagnosed with the cancer every year in the UK.
He was referred to The Christie where he was offered the opportunity to participate in a clinical trial of an unnamed experimental immunotherapy drug, combined with standard chemotherapy.
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