A year after undergoing a world-first treatment for glioblastoma, Australian doctor Richard Scolyer remains cancer-free. The esteemed pathologist’s experimental therapy is based on his own pioneering research on melanoma. Professor Scolyer’s subtype of glioblastoma is so aggressive most patients survive less than a year. But on Tuesday the 57-year-old announced his latest MRI scan had … Read more
Over the past decade, their team’s research on immunotherapy, which uses the body’s immune system to attack cancer cells, has dramatically improved outcomes for advanced melanoma patients around the world. Half are now essentially cured, up from less than 10%. Source link
TV presenter Richard Hammond has gone viral on TikTok recounting a story from his time in a coma, following a high-speed car crash in 2006. Mr Hammond was lucky to survive the crash, which occurred whilst filming an episode of the BBC’s Top Gear. Speaking to Evan Davis from BBC Radio 4’s PM programme, he … Read more
The former BBC Radio 5 Live and Blue Peter presenter was diagnosed at the age of 42. Source link