Doctors remove 98 cancerous tumours from 46-year-old man's brain

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New Delhi: A 46-year-old man named Leland Fay from the United States had 98 cancerous tumours removed from his brain.

The father of two was diagnosed with aggressive melanoma in 2011 after feeling a bump on his scalp.

To prevent the disease from spreading, he had that part of his scalp removed, as well as the lymph nodes in his neck.

In 2012, Fay found out that the cancer spread to his lungs, stomach and his brain.

He even underwent stereotactic radiosurgery, a type of radiation that zaps tumors with 192 gamma rays.

According to a report in the Daily Mail, Fay underwent seven-hour-long treatments to remove 97 of the tumours by the radiation therapy and the 98th was removed by surgery.

The treatment has many benefits, primarily in that it is bloodless and virtually painless. It also has excellent outcomes for a variety of brain diseases.

Reportedly, these treatments are often done in one siting, but as Fay had 98 individual tumors, he had to be targeted individually and it was a lengthy process for him.

Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer and can appear anywhere on the body. The disease often spread to other organs of the body and is hard to treat when it happens.