BBC journalist says he is ‘lucky’ despite incurable brain cancer diagnosis
by Katrine Bussey
Jan 14, 2024
3 minutes
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BBC Scotland political editor Glenn Campbell has told how he has been diagnosed with incurable brain cancer – but insists he is “as lucky as someone in my position can be”.
Campbell said while the “most likely scenario” had been the brain tumour detected after a fall from his bike was glioblastoma – a fast-growing and aggressive form of cancer where patients have an average life expectancy of 12 to 18 months – he instead has a “rare type of tumour” which “tends to respond better to
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