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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Kate Lyons

Former Australian of the year Richard Scolyer ‘focused on my recovery’ after complex brain surgery

Prof Richard Scolyer in hospital bed
Prof Richard Scolyer posted on Instagram that he had undergone complex brain surgery, thanking his medical team and family and friends Photograph: Prof Richard Scolyer

The former Australian of the year who received an immunotherapy treatment to treat his brain cancer that was based on a pioneering therapy that he helped to develop has undergone “complex surgery”.

Prof Richard Scolyer, who has documented his experience with brain cancer on social media, shared on Tuesday that he had undergone the surgery at Chris O’Brien Lifehouse in Sydney.

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