Dying Dutchman’s last wish: to build brain cancer app


Terminally ill Dutch brain cancer patient Frederik van den Broek is wheeled into a meeting with neurologists in this undated picture taken at the Free University Medical Centre in Amsterdam. - AFP PHOTO / RICHARD MOUW

AMSTERDAM, Sept 18, 2015 (AFP) - Dying of a brain tumour, Frederik van den Broek had one last wish on his "bucket list": serving as his own guinea pig to build a smartphone app for fellow cancer patients.

Now Dutch neurologists say the input from Van den Broek, who died late last month aged 41, has been invaluable in creating what is believed will be the world’s most advanced mobile-based app for cancer patients.

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