SPANDAU BALLET star MARTIN KEMP credits revolutionary surgery techniques with helping him survive two brain tumours.
The 1980s pop star, who is set to embark on a world tour with the reunited band, was left devastated after being diagnosed with a tumour just two years after he had one surgically removed.
His first was easily accessible to surgeons, but the second almost cost him his life.
He says, “The first tumour was the size of a squashed grapefruit and doctors could cut my skull to get to it.
“After two years, doctors said it was growing and wanted to cut it out. But my wife didn’t want me to have the operation because it would leave so much collateral damage.
“She found a doctor who said it could be attacked with radiation, with an early form of Gamma Knife technology.
“Within six months of treatment there were signs it was dying and today there is nothing left of it.”
And the star credits the newly-created surgery methods for getting him through the medical ordeal.
He adds, “It’s great that the Gamma Knife surgery is now available and that so many more people will have access to this kind of treatment.”