Professor Richard Scolyer opens up on his 'good and bad days'
For two-and-a-half years, Professor Richard Scolyer has battled the worst of the worst of brain cancers.
A grade four glioblastoma, a cruel diagnosis for the melanoma expert, who has dedicated his career to saving lives.
Scolyer and his colleague, Professor Georgina Long, pioneered immunotherapy research, transforming the way melanomas are treated.
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Professor Richard Scolyer wasn't expecting to be alive last Christmas, let alone this one. A Current Affair
In a world-first, that same treatment was used to treat his brain cancer.
It seemed to be working, until the cancer returned in February.
Despite his prognosis, Scolyer hasn't stopped doing what he loves.
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Despite his prognosis, Scolyer is living life to the fullest. A Current Affair
But it's not easy and he's been struggling with his memory.
"I tend to talk on the positive side of things and I don't want to get people down," he said.
"But the truth is everyone has good and bad days, and things are going up and up and down, and I certainly have that that same experience.
"But I don't think it's special, I think everyone gets that in life."
Watch the interview in the video player above.
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