The former president of Uruguay José Mujica finished the first stage of the radiotherapy treatment he underwent for a esophagus cancer, after 30 sessions of rays. Now, you will have to wait a few months before having a reevaluation.
Two months have passed since Mujica announced that they had found a tumor in her esophagus, and that she would begin treatment for it, despite the fact that her health and the presence of a immunological disease generated difficulties in terms of medical alternatives. After finishing the 30 sessions of radiotherapy, The former president must still go through another stage in the recovery process.
The former president’s doctor, Raquel Pannone, He maintained that his “physical and emotional strength” was what “allowed him to complete the entire treatment” for his esophageal cancer “without major difficulties.” In conversation with Radio Sarandí, he also explained that in “a couple of months” they hope to reevaluate it. to see the effect of the treatment since he had “aspiration for it to be curative.”
Regarding the state of health of the leader of the Broad Front, The doctor said that “he is fine.” “He is recovering. The treatment is very aggressive in itself and that causes some side effects, but he has handled it very well and is recovering. You see that he is in different activities,” she added.
“The issue is that he used to have many activities despite his age and now he can’t do them as much as before, but day by day he is improving,” the doctor continued.
Regarding the treatment, he said that Mujica “he was able to tolerate it very well, luckily.” “One of the fears we had was that he would not be able to tolerate it due to his age, due to the comorbidities he already has, but without a doubt he has a lot of physical and emotional strength and that allowed him to complete the entire treatment without major difficulties,” he said.
Finally, Pannone said that for the moment we have to “wait calmly, without anxiety, for him to continue recovering.” “In a couple of months, not before, we plan to reevaluate it to see the repercussions and effect of the treatment,” he concluded.
What is Mujica’s cancer like?
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.
Between the Signs and symptoms What causes this disease are weight loss and pain or difficulty swallowing. Although the status of the disease, That is to say, what stage of cancer the former president is in, it can be up to grade 4, being the worst of all.
On the other hand, it still remains to determine the tumor grade, ranging from 1 to 3. Which is a description of how abnormal cancer cells look under a microscope and how quickly they might 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
