How yeast has raised Fran’s odds

Fran Whitfield was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2020 after finding a lump and the presence of dimples.

Two weeks later she had seven different scans which found it had spread to her skull and liver. Thankfully, her lymph nodes were clear.

Surgery to cut out the tumour in her brain was followed by chemo, and then CyberKnife robot-controlled radiotherapy to her skull.

Fran is currently on Abemaciclib, which is keeping her cancer at bay, and is also on Zoladex and Tamoxifen.

A personal trainer who specialises in cancer rehabilitation, Fran says the yeast research that led to Abemaciclib was “truly remarkable”.

She adds: “To think I was given two years to live at the age of 25 and now I’m 27, in remission, and living my life to my best ability – all from yeast cells. Amazing.”