Brain Tumour facts: 10 things you should know about brain tumours
A BREAKTHROUGH cancer treatment "could be the cure" for a "death sentence" form of the disease after making tumours disappear.
Patients are then offered surgery to remove what's left of the tumour, or chemo and radiotherapy - in some cases both. Sara described it in this way: "Like a dead tree, it is still there but at the moment it does not look like it will regrow."Professor Richard Scolyer was diagnosed with a 'worst of the worst' brain cancer but saw his tumour disappear after treatmentIt's too early to know the outcome of the businesswoman's treatment, but Sara feels like she's "been given life back".
Researchers are planning an upcoming clinical trial that will focus on offering the drug as early as possible after patients are diagnosed.
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