Cancer survivor is first to get new artificial tongue on NHS
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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 oneS1
- Dr Imogen Brooks was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma – and surgery to remove a tumour had taken most of her tongueS2
- Dr Imogen Brooks was diagnosed with a squamous cell carcinoma, the most common type of head and neck cancer, when she was just 26.S3
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Cancer survivor is first to get new artificial tongue on NHS
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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Cancer survivor who was left with speech problems given artificial tongue in NHS first
Dr Imogen Brooks was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma – and surgery to remove a tumour had taken most of her tongue
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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.
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Published Oct 7, 2026
What to know
- 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 oneS1
- Dr Imogen Brooks was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma – and surgery to remove a tumour had taken most of her tongueS2
- Dr Imogen Brooks was diagnosed with a squamous cell carcinoma, the most common type of head and neck cancer, when she was just 26.S3
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