Doctor, 30, receives UK's first prosthetic tongue following cancer treatment: 'People can understand me again'
First reported 7 Oct, 23:01 UTCUpdated 1d ago3 sources
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Dr Imogen Brooks was left despairing around three years ago after surgery left her without most of her tongue - and debilitating speech complications.
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Doctor struggled to speak after losing her tongue aged 26 in operation to remove cancerous tumour - so recruited a team of colleagues to build her a new one
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Dr Imogen Brooks was left despairing around three years ago after surgery left her without most of her tongue - and debilitating speech complications.
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- Cancer survivor is first to get new artificial tongue on NHS (opens The Mirror in a new tab)
Doctor struggled to speak after losing her tongue aged 26 in operation to remove cancerous tumour - so recruited a team of colleagues to build her a new one
- Doctor, 30, receives UK's first prosthetic tongue following cancer treatment: 'People can understand me again' (opens Daily Mail in a new tab)
Dr Imogen Brooks was left despairing around three years ago after surgery left her without most of her tongue - and debilitating speech complications.
- Cancer survivor given artificial tongue in 'NHS first' (opens Daily Express in a new tab)
Dr Imogen Brooks, 30, said she thought she may be "overreacting" when she went to her GP and asked them to check her tongue, before being diagnosed with a squamous cell carcinoma that required major surgery.
