Richard Scolyer: Melanoma doctor's high-stakes gamble to treat his brain cancer - BBC News

Richard Scolyer hopes the life-saving melanoma research he pioneered could treat his brain tumour.

15 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Tim Bauer PhotoImage caption, Pathologist Richard Scolyer and oncologist Georgina Long are cancer research pioneersBy Tiffanie TurnbullBBC News, SydneyOn opposite sides of the world, Richard Scolyer and Georgina Long each took one look at a scan and their hearts sank.

In front of them was, to the untrained eye, an innocuous-looking brain.

But these long-time friends - both leading skin cancer doctors - feared it held a ticking time bomb.

Nestled in the top right corner of Prof Scolyer's skull was a section of matter lighter and cloudier than the rest.

"I'm no expert in radiology, but… in my heart I knew it was a tumour," he tells the BBC.

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