Vicky Phelan: 'The level of cancer in my body is starting to go down already'

The CervicalCheck campaigner has undergone two rounds of treatment of a new drug in the Unites States that she calls 'Pembro 2.0'
Vicky Phelan: 'The level of cancer in my body is starting to go down already'

Vicky Phelan said she feels "quite positive and fairly hopeful" that her treatment will work.

Vicky Phelan said there are already signs that her cancer is responding to the medical trial she is undergoing in the United States.

Ms Phelan travelled to Maryland in January to take part in a clinical trial. She has had three doses of the drug thus far under the immunotherapy trial and has been sharing her progress on social media. She said the support she received from the public has been “phenomenal”.

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