"In some ways I feel guilty": Australian of the Year Richard Scolyer has incurable brain cancer

Richard Scolyer is our 2024 joint Australian of the Year and
Medical Director of the Melanoma Institute of Australia, alongside
his colleague and friend Professor Georgina Long. Less than a
decade ago, advanced melanoma was fatal. Thanks to their work in
immunotherapy, it’s now curable. But in June 2023, Richard was
diagnosed with incurable grade four brain cancer, with an average
survival of 14 months. It’s now been 18 months since his diagnosis.
Why is he still here? No one knows. It could be luck, or it could
be the world's first experimental treatment he undertook. Richard's
book, Brainstorm, is out now. Want more News Club in your life?
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