Cancer survivor receives artificial tongue in NHS first

Doctor receives UK's first prosthetic tongue after cancer treatment

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'

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.

Cancer survivor receives artificial tongue in NHS first

Dr Imogen Brooks was diagnosed with a squamous cell carcinoma, the most common type of head and neck cancer, when she was just 26.

Cancer survivor fitted with first bespoke artificial tongue after losing organ

A CANCER survivor has been fitted with the NHS’s first bespoke artificial tongue. Dr Imogen Brooks lost most of the muscular organ when she...

Cancer survivor who was left with speech problems given artificial tongue in UK first

Dr Imogen Brooks was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma – and surgery to remove a tumour had taken most of her tongue