EMBARGOED TO 0001 THURSDAY OCTOBER 8Dr Imogen Brooks, who is believed to be the first person in the UK to get a bespoke artificial tongue, poses for a portrait with her spare artificial tongue, during an interview with the Press Association at her home in Newham, east London. Dr Brooks was just 26 when she was diagnosed with a common form of head and neck cancer and surgery to remove a tumour took most of her tongue. Speech after reconstruction was good, but subsequent radiotherapy shrank the tissue. Dr Brooks, now 30, worked with clinicians at Guy’s and St Thomas’…
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