A Changing Mind | Richard Scolyer
Introduced by Australian Story presenter Leigh Sales
It is risky and untested treatment. It could shorten his life or make it a whole lot worse. But it’s a risk Professor Richard Scolyer is willing to take, desperate to try and save his own life.
As the world’s top melanoma pathologist, Richard is an expert in diagnosing skin cancers, and helped revolutionise immunotherapy treatment for advanced melanoma patients, removing the death sentence so many once faced.
But now the acclaimed doctor is facing his own mortality.
Richard had a choice, prepare for the worst or put his hand up to be patient zero as his colleagues design a high stakes experiment to fight his brain tumour, using the very treatment they have pioneered for melanoma.
Airs Monday December 4, 8.00pm (AEDT), on ABC TV and ABC iview.