16/09/2025
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Professor Richard Scolyer, co-director of the Melanoma Institute Australia, has made medical history by becoming the first person to treat his own incurable brain cancer — glioblastoma — with immunotherapy. One year after his diagnosis, he now shows no detectable signs of the disease, a breakthrough that stunned the global medical community.
Scolyer used an experimental treatment adapted from his pioneering melanoma research, combining checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy with surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation. By essentially reprogramming his immune system to attack the tumor, he achieved results never before seen in such aggressive cancers. While his case is unique, it opens a powerful new door for future brain cancer therapies, proving that innovation and courage can push the boundaries of science.