Hollyoaks’ Mercedes McQueen reveals cancer battle in time jump episode
A NETFLIX star was forced to have his skull rebuilt and faces years of recovery after a shock brain cancer discovery.His specific condition was a low-grade meningioma, a tumour that grows from the membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord.He then underwent a seven-hour operation to remove a tumour from his head and is still recovering from his operation 18 months later.
Researchers are now working on how to progress their findings, published in the journal Oncogene, to clinical trials. Overall, meningiomas are the most common type of primary brain tumour. However, higher grade meningiomas are very rare, according to the US National Cancer Institute.Most meningiomas grow very slowly. They can grow over many years without causing symptoms. But sometimes, their effects on nearby brain tissue, nerves or vessels may cause serious disability.
This means that researchers could take these particular drugs into early phase clinical trial for patients with schwannomas and meningiomas. "New kinder and less invasive treatments are needed to fight this devastating disease, and this work by the team at Plymouth is likely to be achieved by drugs already tested in people, which means it could benefit patients much sooner."More than 12,000 Brits are diagnosed with a primary brain tumour every year — of which around half are cancerous — with 5,300 losing their lives.
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