Vile 'pink drink' helped Scots mum stay tumour-free for year
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dailyrecord.co.uktumour to “light up”, allowing her surgeon to remove more of it than would normally have been possible.Catherine, from East Kilbride, had been having headaches and, in agony, went to Hairmyres Hospital in April 2019.After a brain scan, she was shocked to learn her growing confusion and headaches were caused by the most aggressive type of nervous system tumour, a grade 4 astrocytoma.Catherine was transferred to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.
Before surgery, Catherine was told that she would be given a “pink drink” two hours before her operation.The coloured liquid is 5-ALA (5-Aminolevulinic Acid), which causes brain tumour cells to glow bright pink under UV light.It has had excellent results in brain tumour surgeries..
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