It’s, possibly, Richard Scolyer’s largest analysis venture. He additionally hopes it isn’t his ultimate. Thus far no less than, there may be only a trace it is probably not.A yr in the past Scolyer was once given the nearest factor to a demise sentence, he was once recognized with an competitive mind tumour. But, as a outstanding most cancers scientist and co-director of the Melanoma Institute Australia, he made up our minds to not merely change into a affected person.As an alternative, he labored with colleagues to use parts of his personal analysis to peer whether or not he may just defeat it, or no less than dangle it off. 12 months on, in opposition to the percentages, scans display he’s cancer-free. Scolyer together with his colleague Professor Georgina Lengthy receiving their Australian of the Yr 2024 awardsAUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS/ALAMYRather than surgical procedure, chemotherapy and radiotherapy — which might be steadily the usual remedy for the most cancers, referred to as