'A monster with tentacles' - Basketball star reveals brain cancer diagnosis
Summary
Basketball player Jason Collins has announced he has stage four glioblastoma, a severe type of brain cancer. He is undergoing treatment and compares this challenge to those he faced during his NBA career. Collins became widely known in sports as the first active male athlete in a major American professional team sport to come out as gay.Key Facts
- Jason Collins, a former NBA player, has been diagnosed with stage four glioblastoma.
- Glioblastoma is an aggressive and inoperable form of brain cancer.
- Collins announced this diagnosis in an article for ESPN.
- He describes the tumor as "a monster with tentacles" spreading in his brain.
- Without treatment, doctors told him he could have only three months to live.
- Collins is undergoing treatment with a drug called Avastin and receiving specialized chemotherapy in Singapore.
- Collins played in the NBA for 13 seasons and was the first active male athlete in a major American team sport to come out as gay.
- He compares the challenge of cancer treatment to facing tough opponents in basketball.
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