Matt Cappotelli’s Brain Cancer Said To Be Terminal, Most Of It Was Removed

Earlier this year, Matt Cappotelli revealed that his brain cancer had returned in the form of a grade IV GlioBlastoma Multiforme. WDRB in Louisville has an update on the story and it doesn’t sound good. Prior to this latest diagnosis, Cappotelli had been cancer-free for ten years.

A Grade 4 glioblastoma tumor is considered the most deadly form of brain cancer. , the most deadly form of the disease. Only 90% of the tumor was removed, as the rest was too close to his brain stem and inoperable. The condition is terminal and most patients only live for five years after diagnosis. The cancer has affected his brain in ways similar to Parkinson’s disease: slowed speech, emotional response, motor skills and function.

Cappotelli works out every day hoping to at least stay physically fit in his ongoing battle with the disease. He’s being helped by a device called The Optune, which resembles a swimming cap. It sends pulses to the brain to stop the cancer sells from dividing as they usually do, which causes them them to die as they divide. This stops it from growing. Cappotelli wears this eighteen hours each day.

He said: “Though it seems unfortunate, I want it to be portrayed as a story of hope … unending hope.”

There is still a GoFundMe campaign for Cappotelli and his family, which you can contribute to here.