A family was left heartbroken after two brothers died just four days apart from the same type of brain tumour. Geoff and Pete Pollard were told the chance of them both being diagnosed with a glioblastoma (GBM) was one in a million.
As reported by Plymouth Live, in January this year Stacey Pollard had to say goodbye to her dad Geoff Pollard and uncle, Pete Pollard, who both died from the disease. Stacey, 42, who works in Asda's Estover cafe in Plymouth, said she "couldn't believe what was happening" when her uncle Pete was given the same diagnosis as her dad, weeks after he was told he'd have three months to live without treatment.
Doctors have said that there were no hereditary factors in this double diagnosis that they were aware of. However, further research to determine the cause of GBMs is crucially needed.
