A new drug to help give people with bowel cancer a better quality of life is being tested at Welsh hospitals. More than 16,000 people in the UK are killed by bowel cancer each year. Around 2,500 volunteers are being sought to test the drug Cetuximab, to be used alongside chemotherapy. The UK-wide research, led by a professor at Cardiff’s Velindre Hospital, will give doctors important information on how to treat sufferers. The tests are being led by Professor Tim Maughan, the director of Wales Cancer Trials, with Velindre, Singleton, Glan Clwyd, and Ysbyty Gwynedd hospitals taking part.
