Renowned cancer doctor undergoes treatment he developed; is free from glioblastoma for past year WHIO TV 7 and WHIO Radio [Video]

An Australian doctor who used an experimental therapy to treat his aggressive brain cancer remains cancer-free a year later, the BBC is reporting.

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Richard Scolyer’s research into melanoma – skin cancer – led to a treatment he used after he was diagnosed with glioblastoma, one of the most deadly cancers.

Scolyer, 57, announced on Tuesday that an MRI scan showed that he had not had a recurrence of his original tumor – Stage 4 glioblastoma diagnosed in June 2023.

“To be honest, I was more nervous than I have been for any previous scan,” he told the BBC.

“I’m just thrilled and delighted… couldn’t be happier.”

According to Scolyer, his subtype of glioblastoma is so aggressive most patients survive less than a year. Generally, the tumor comes back within six months, according to The Daily Mail.

Scolyer, the co-director of the Melanoma Institute Australia, has spear-headed research into immunotherapy, or using the body’s immune system …