Farewell to a truly amazing and inspirational Australian who made a difference on the world stage through his work in pathology and oncology. A remarkable human being who at 59 years of age had so much more to give to science and cancer treatment.
RIP Professor Scolyer, your work is done but that of your colleagues is not.
Brave man, one of our best friends has her stepdaughter aged 21 with the same condition and was on one of the same trial drug programs. Dr Scolyer is a great loss to the community but his work and the ongoing work of his colleagues will improve the lives of others RIP.
Occasionally we get the Australian Of The Year right, Richard was one of those... probably even Aussie of the decade! Champion.
Not many people get to say honestly they left the world a better place, Professor Scolyer was indeed one of those people who can and did. If you get a chance, read the farewell letter he penned in the Herald Sun.
I can't, my old man died from a glioblastoma last year. Incurable and inoperable.
Sorry for your loss Prof, it's terrible to watch a loved one deteriorate with this condition and feel helpless.
Elwood, he deteriorated over about six months and it was hought he had an aggressive form of dementia. Lewy-Body was suggested. When they finally did a scan they found the tumour on Monday and we lost him on the Friday.
So sorry to hear that Prof and apologies if the topic was too raw for you, I wasnt aware of your recent loss.
Prof, That's quick and must have come as a shock to you and the family especially the diagnosis and I'm sorry you didn't get more time with your father. Our friends stepdaughter had partial removal of the tumour, radiation, chemo and was in remission but it's come back.
The father is a wealthy man and has had her on every drug/treatment/trial around the world but her symptoms just get worse and it's a hideous condition that is far more common than people think. Like MND it needs a lot of money thrown into research and drug companies getting on board for the good of the people and not what makes them more money. You look after yourself and I know this must have been a tough weekend for you..
Thanks people. My wife works in the oncology sphere and believe me, there is hope, it just takes decades to translate minor wins in vitro or models to safe, effective treatments.
Very sorry for all here who are bearing sad news, and my thoughts with all of you. Most of have us our moments of being wacky and emotional on other threads , but that's just footy and we can look to the next week. This stuff is the real stuff. Thanks for sharing.
Seems to be a little more widespread than we may think.
My son-in-law's father is currently battling the same condition.
Given 12 months, he's stretched that out by a few, but the decline is inevitable and very difficult for family.
Sympathies to all affected.
Terrible disease.
Glial cell tumours pop up anywhere nerve cells occur, it's a pretty broad category and the big current problem is that there is no effective treatment for Glioma of any type.
My understanding it gets labelled glioblastoma multiforme because several neuroglial cell types can all be affected together in one glioma. Unlike tumors in other areas of the body not much progress has been made in treating tumors based in nerve cells, or even knowing why they occur, there doesn't even seem to be a strong hypothesis regarding the reservoir.