The former President of the Republic announced that they detected a tumor in his esophagus that compromises his health.
The former president of the Republic, Jose Mujica, This Monday he gave the news at a press conference that he was suffering from esophagus cancera situation that he described as “very compromised” due to his immunological disease that he has suffered for more than 20 years.
“This time it seems to me that he comes with the scythe,” said the former president, alluding to death. Mujica He remembered that “the grim reaper” had already “walked around” in his life, so he responded: “We’ll see what happens.”
The former president recalled that he has had an immunological disease for more than 20 years, which compromises the treatment of the cancer. “It is doubly compromised in my case because I have had an immunological disease 20 years ago that affected my kidneys,” he explained to the press.
The details of the disease
He esophagus cancer It is a disease by which they are formed malignant (cancerous) cells in its tissues, with tobacco consumption, high consumption of alcoholic beverages, Barrett’s esophagus or advanced age being the factors that could increase the risks of suffering from the disease.
Among the signs and symptoms caused by this disease are weight loss and pain or difficulty swallowing. Although the status of the get sick, that is, in what stage of the cancer the former president is located, this can be up to grade 4, being the worst of all.
On the other hand, the grade of the tumor still needs to be determined, which ranges from 1 to 3. Which is a description of how abnormal the cancer cells look under a microscope and how quickly they could multiply and spread throughout the body:
- In grade 1, cancer cells look more like normal cells under a microscope, and they multiply and spread more slowly than grade 2 and 3 cancer cells.
- In grade 2, cancer cells look more abnormal under a microscope, and they multiply and spread faster than grade 1 cancer cells.
- In grade 3, cancer cells look more abnormal under a microscope, and they multiply and spread faster than grade 1 and 2 cancer cells.
Source: Ambito
