‘I want us both to be standing here in 12 months’ time’: The two doctors named Australians of the Year
Professor Richard Scolyer says his future is now measured in “months rather than decades” — but he is optimistic he has paved the way for clinical trials of an experimental brain cancer treatment he believes is prolonging his life.
The high-profile pathologist was speaking after he and colleague Professor Georgina Long – co-medical directors at the Melanoma Institute Australia – were named this year’s Australians of the Year.