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The scientist who tested his revolutionary medicine on his own brain cancer: ‘It seemed worth it to give it a crack’

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Prof Richard Scolyer was diagnosed with an aggressive grade 4 IDH-wildtype glioblastoma a terminal diagnosis.

He had represented Australia at the World Triathlon Multisport Championships in Ibiza just three weeks before his brain tumour felled him on the floor in a hotel room in Poland .

He is remarkably optimistic for a man who did not expect to be alive when his memoir Brainstorm came out last month .

Richard Scolyer was diagnosed with a brain tumour after a seizure in Krakow , Poland .

Doctors estimated there might be a 5% chance of saving his life; it might be less than 1% .

He would have a combination of three immunotherapy drugs intravenously.

After nine infusions of the vaccine, with one more to go next month , he has made a decision to stop the immunotherapy.

At the time of writing there has been no sign of recurrence.

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