Overview
- The 47-year-old former NBA center told ESPN his symptoms escalated in August, with memory loss and trouble concentrating.
- Doctors warned the fast-growing tumor could have been fatal within weeks without urgent treatment, based on imaging and biopsy findings he shared.
- Collins has begun medication, radiotherapy and chemotherapy and is receiving targeted protocols at a Singapore clinic.
- He says a biopsy showed a 30% growth factor, and he is taking Avastin to try to slow progression, according to subsequent reports.
- His aim is to hold the disease at bay long enough to receive a personalized immunotherapy now being designed, with support from his husband, Brunson Green, and family.