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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Ella Pickover

HISTORICAL FACTS: Widow calls for frozen tissue law change after husband s brain tumour death - Caught on Camera

Undated family handout of Ellie James with her husband Owain who died in 2024 from a type of brain tumour known as a glioblastoma - (Family Handout)

A grieving widow is campaigning to end a "postcode lottery" in brain cancer care, following her husband’s death this year. Ellie James’s husband, Owain, died in 2024 from a glioblastoma, a type of brain tumour.

His access to personalised treatment was hindered because most of his tumour, removed during surgery, was not frozen. Mrs James now leads a campaign for patients to have the legal right to have their tissue frozen and stored post-operation, enabling crucial personalised treatments and genetic tests.

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