Rare brain tumour teen's life-saving drugs battle

BY RYAN MCDOUGALL

Joscelyne Kerr, 19, was finishing school in 2023 when the pupil in her eye expanded so much the colour was barely visible.
A scan at Ninewells Hospital, in Dundee, found it was a tumour. When it began spreading towards the brain stem, she had high-risk surgery to remove 90 per cent of the mass. Joscelyne had to relearn to speak, read and write but then got more bad news.
In March 2024, it was identified as an anaplastic pleomorphic xanthoastro-cytoma (APXA), Scotland's only confirmed case.
Joscelyne, of Kinross, said: "Although 90 per cent was gone, the ...

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