An esteemed doctor has defied the odds by surviving an aggressive form of cancer following world-first treatment. Australian pathologist Richard Scolyer was “thrilled” when a latest scan showed he remained cancer-free a year on from diagnosis. Professor Scolyer was told he had glioblastoma IDH wild-type last year – a particularly intrusive type of brain tumour. … Read more
A beloved dad-of-three has been given just 15 months to live after his cluster headaches were found to be caused by a terminal brain tumour. When Ricky Smith, 39, first started experiencing the headaches in February he put it down to the fact he was working too much. But they lingered for two weeks prompting … Read more
A Royal Navy officer who thought she was just experiencing dehydration and exhaustion from her field gun training has revealed her life was “forever changed” after learning she had terminal brain cancer. Petty officer Jess Zentilin-Dorey, was told she had a grade 4 astrocytoma in June 2022 after having a seizure at home. The 33-year-old, … Read more
Christian Nolen had been diagnosed with a primary tumour known as a Glioma, an aggressive form of brain tumour with an often poor prognosis. It was in a “critical part of the brain” and required major surgery. Luckily, the rock music fan and pro guitarist had noticed immediately that he was having problems controlling one … Read more
A woman’s symptoms were initially dismissed by doctors as the menopause, until a scan revealed she was actually living with a brain tumour. Karen Griffiths, 60, started suffering from one-sided pulsatile tinnitus, when a heartbeat is heard in the ear, in 2018. Around the same time, she also began suffering from headaches in the morning, … Read more
A one-year-old was diagnosed with a potentially fatal brain tumour after her mum said she was “tired and grouchy”. In August last year Issy Rowe, from Harrogate in Yorkshire, noticed her daughter, Georgina Johnstone, was not acting herself. Things took a turn for the worst over the next week, as Georgina started throwing up every … Read more
