Brain cancer
Playing fraudster Belle Gibson ‘felt like a calling’ for Kaitlyn Dever
For many young actors, the chance to portray cancer “survivor” Belle Gibson would hold great appeal. And for the 28-year-old, the role was also deeply personal.
- Steve Dow
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How scientists plan to use magnets to ‘cook’ cancer – without killing brain cells
Tiny particles that look like dirt could be heated by a magnetic field to target cancer cells deep within the brain.
- Angus Dalton
Pioneering doctors Richard Scolyer and Georgina Long named Australians of the Year
Scolyer and Long have saved tens of thousands of lives by revolutionising melanoma treatment. Now they’re turning their attention to brain cancer as Scolyer stares down a terminal diagnosis.
- Natassia Chrysanthos
- Magazine
- Good Weekend
Best features – 2023
From politics and private affairs to court battles, culture wars and more: reader favourites from Good Weekend in 2023.
This young mum went to her GP with unexplained weight gain. Now she’s fighting for her life
Emma Eltringham watched her daughter fight and beat a rare form of leukaemia. But after thinking things could return to normal, she was also diagnosed with a late-stage cancer.
- Holly Thompson
The world’s top melanoma pathologist has brain cancer. Can he save himself?
Australian medical pioneer Dr Richard Scolyer, who was named 2024 joint Australian of the Year on Thursday night, has never used the word “cure” lightly. But in this Good Weekend article from 2023, he described how he was pursuing exactly that.
- Tim Elliott
- Magazine
- Good Weekend
The September 16 Edition
‘I’m a guinea pig’: how the world’s top melanoma pathologist is treating his own brain cancer | Bullying tactics or simple economics? The AFL’s bold Tassie play
- Opinion
- Sunday Life
Everybody forgets things, but not the way I do
“While I have become adept at covering my cognitive impairment, memory loss is still a bewildering mix of frustration, uncertainty and vulnerability.”
- Jamila Rizvi
- Exclusive
- Cancer
World-first initiative brings hope for ‘death sentence’ patients
More than 20,000 Australians with cancer will have their DNA sequence mapped, allowing them access to previously unattainable life-saving treatment.
- Laura Banks
‘You’ve got a brain tumour, you idiot!’: What Geoff Morrell’s drawings revealed
While filming in NZ, actor Geoff Morrell began sketching faces that had a strange swelling behind one eye. Turns out, his brain was telling him something.
- Amanda Hooton
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