Joscelyne Kerr, 20, was diagnosed with the rare cancer anaplastic pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma and was the first to be recorded having the disease in Scotland

A student battling a rare brain cancer feared she would not live to see another Christmas .

Joscelyne Kerr, 20, from Kinross, was diagnosed with the rare cancer anaplastic pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma (APXA) in 2023, in what had been the first recorded case of its kind in Scotland . She underwent a high-risk surgery at just 18 and had chemotherapy and radiotherapy in 2024.

But when neither proved effective, she started a drugs trial that was said to deliver remarkable results. Following an anxious start to the year, Joscelyne received the life-changing news that her tumour had been extinguished by the trial drugs.

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