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'What a legacy': Pioneering researcher Richard Scolyer dies aged 59
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- Richard Scolyer emphasised the importance of making every moment count.
- His legacy: fast-tracking revolutionary cancer treatment by volunteering to be "patient zero" in a radical approach to treating his tumour.
- Richard Scolyer's greatest legacy will be opening up new treatment pathways for future brain cancer patients.
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Richard Scolyer emphasised the importance of making every moment count. (Australian Story: Tom Hancock)
Link copied Share Share article Former Australian of the Year Professor Richard Scolyer has died aged 59 after fighting the "worst of the worst brain cancers".
His legacy: fast-tracking revolutionary cancer treatment by volunteering to be "patient zero" in a radical approach to treating his tumour.
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