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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Science
Andrew Gregory in Chicago

‘I was getting ready to say goodbye’: cancer patient’s hope after smart drug success

Pat Brogan and his wife Linda
Pat Brogan and his wife, Linda. He joined the trial in 2025 after being diagnosed with stage four lung cancer in 2021. Photograph: Fisher Studios/Greywolf Therapeutics

One of the first patients to benefit from a pioneering smart drug that appears to melt away the “invisibility cloak” that can shield cancer cells from treatment is Pat Brogan, from Cowdenbeath, Scotland.

The 68-year-old, whose tumours have shrunk by almost a third, is preparing to walk his daughter down the aisle this month and holiday in Spain with his wife, Linda – milestones he once feared he would never reach.

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