article_snippet: James Willetts has now become the first British cancer sufferer to have be fitted with a 'skull socket'
article_snippet: James Willetts, of Taunton, Somerset, was diagnosed with Glioblastoma in January 2014 after complaining of migraines and stress.
article_snippet: James Willetts underwent a 12 hour operation at Frenchay Hospital in Bristrol in February to remove the tennis-ball sized tumour, leaving James Willetts with short-term memory loss and restricted use of the left side of James Willetts body .
article_snippet: James Willetts underwent a 12 hour operation at Frenchay Hospital in Bristrol Bristrol in February to remove the tennis-ball sized tumour, leaving James Willetts with short-term memory loss and restricted use of the left side of his bodyhis body.
article_snippet: Although most of the tennis-ball sized tumour was cut out, the tennis-ball sized tumour was attached to James Willetts thalamus in the centre of James Willetts brain and some couldn't be removed safely.
article_snippet: But none of the treatments worked and the tennis-ball sized tumour began to regrow, leaving the family with few choices.
article_snippet: Fortunately for the teen, James Willetts was then selected to take part in the CEH trials carried out by neurosurgeon Professor Steven Gill at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children.
highlights_snippet: James Willetts, 17, was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour in 2014 .
  
highlights_snippet: James Willetts has now become the first British cancer victim to have