Doctor winning fight to the death against cancer

A doctor who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer after giving birth to her first baby is urging sufferers not to give up and to seek alternative opinions when all doors are shut in their faces. “Always challenge and fight for your chance. If you give up you’ve already lost. The fight is never easy, but if you get to live... what a reward that is,” Karin Busuttil said, suggesting patients and their relatives should research, read and question everything they are told. Dr Busuttil, who is based in Scotland and spoke to The Times over the phone, was diagnosed with cancer last February. She was just 30 and had given birth to Jethro 13 days earlier. Since then, she has taken part in trials, tried out a new chemotherapy regime and undergone surgery, with her medical team pushing the boundaries to defeat this “horrid cancer”. She is now on her path to recovery. Her ordeal has encouraged doctors to apply the newest pancreatic cancer research and look into promising drugs and treatment options. Dr Busuttil’s fight with pancreatic cancer started during her pregnancy, when back pain was put down to scoliosis at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley, Scotland. Towards the end of her...