Previously, it was Craig who had divined maladies in his twin. He detected when his brother had a life-threatening mystery rash and when he dislocated a shoulder – and both men have married women named Nicole.
“We’re really closely connected and we’ve always been able to pick each other, know what each other were thinking,” Craig told Channel Nine.
Justine Gatt, from the University of Sydney, who has been studying twins, said the discovery of a tumour in this way was “not something that happens often”.
Asked whether the twins might have a telepathic connection, Dr Gatt said: “There’s so much we don’t know.” She added: “In terms of Brenton’s and Craig’s case, where one twin was feeling the symptoms of the other, that clearly shows that there’s a lot more to know and this kind of research is central to mental health.”