Ivan Noble (born June 1967) is a British journalist working for BBC Online News. He is married with two children, a son and daughter.

He was diagnosed with a malignant Brain Tumour on August 29 2002 and has since written about his battle against the tumour on the BBC News website. The series is titled Tumour Diary. In December, 2004, having completed several courses of chemotherapy and a brief remission his tumour started growing again and he is undergoing further treatment. He plans to release a book chroniciling his fight with cancer in May 2005.

The cancer he suffers from is not curable. He has been an inspiration to many other sufferers and their families and has enjoyed a huge amount of public support since he started his diary.

External link

• Tumour Diary http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3984903.stm .

Quote

• "It delights me that I am part of a species so far apparently unique in its ability to create culture and preserve memory. Our marks endure and what ever happens to me, a tiny part will be mine."

• "Cancer succumbs all the time both to the incremental improvements of science and the determination of those of us living and surviving the disease day by day. Cancer will lose and people will win."