Luton man’s brain tumour shrinks by half in therapy trial

Mr Read first noticed a severe headache last December and, two weeks later, his face dropped on one side.

He had surgery shortly after his diagnosis to remove as much of the tumour as possible, followed by radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

In July, doctors found the tumour was growing again and he was offered a place on the new CITADEL-123 trial at UCLH.

“I was fully expecting the tumour to return due to its aggressive nature. I know the outcome isn’t great and I was happy to explore anything else,” he said.

“I’m not frightened by any of this. We are all dealt a hand of cards and you don’t know which ones you are going to get.

“It will be wonderful if this treatment helps me and if it doesn’t, it doesn’t… it may benefit someone else down the line.”