Jim McCallum's life has been turned around
Jim McCallum, from Paisley, was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2017 after going to the doctor and hoping he would be told it was a "harmless lump".
Mr McCallum said: "The day I was told it was cancer shook me to the core. I think I had known but you always hope that they tell you it's just a harmless lump.In 2018, Mr McCallum went for chemotherapy, but the cancer did not respond well and he was told it had spread. The 76-year-old was keen to take part in a clinical trial involving cells being taken from his bloodstream, left in a lab to multiply and then injected back into him to attack the lymphoma.Sign up to Glasgow Live's newsletter Get all the latest Glasgow news and headlines sent straight to your inbox twice a day by signing up to our free newsletter.
The funding comes from Cancer Research UK and the Scottish Government, with the Little Princess Trust providing funding specifically for children's cancers, and will allow new, experimental treatments to be developed.
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