Scots cancer patient fears brain tumour could grow as pandemic halts life-saving chemotherapy

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A Scot suffering from a brain tumour has had his treatment halted for at least three months because of the coronavirus outbreak.David McCulloch, 52, was to have a five rounds of chemotherapy every month for a year starting in January.The treatment had kept his tumour stable but in April when he attended for his chemotherapy he was told it would not be going ahead because of coronavirus.Now he fears by July it may have grown to such an extent that nothing can be done for him.Many cancer services in Scotland have been mothballed as a result of the pandemic.David, from Motherwell, was told the destruction of his immune system from the chemo could leave him susceptible to getting coronavirus which was a greater immediate danger.David has

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