"It is my difficult duty today to tell you that Gord Downie's brain tumour is incurable." Gord Downie suffers from an aggressive form of brain cancer known as glioblastoma that's incurable, but should not rob the Tragically Hip frontman of his ability to sing, his doctor said today in Toronto. "These primary brain tumours are infiltrative by nature so they're impossible to completely remove by surgery [and] they frequently recur," the neuro-oncologist said. The type of tumour is known as a primary cancer — which means it originates in the brain rather than having spread there, Perry explained during a news conference at Sunnybrook Hospital. ​Glioblastoma is one of the most common causes of cancer death in Canadians between 40 and 60 years old.

Source: CBC News May 24, 2016 09:21 UTC