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10:01 a.m., March 23, 2024
Princess Kate, the very popular wife of the heir to the throne, announced on Friday that she had cancer, without specifying its nature, and had started chemotherapy, describing it as a “huge shock”. For Doctor Alain Toledano, oncologist and co-founder of the Rafael Institute in Paris, nothing indicates that the princess’s state of health is particularly worrying.
New blow for the British monarchy: Princess Kate Middleton announced that she was suffering from cancer, without specifying its nature, and had started a chemotherapy procedure. The latter indicates that “tests revealed the presence of cancer” after her abdominal operation carried out in mid-January. For Dr Alain Toledano, nothing indicates that the princess’s state of health is particularly worrying.
“A young woman, who has no other background, is more promising in terms of prognoses”
The Princess of Wales says “she had major abdominal surgery on her abdomen”. An area which contains “many organs, either digestive or of the gynecological system”. When you operate on cancer, surgeons remove the cancer cells. It is from this moment that we define a risk of relapse, “which is more or less significant” depending on the type of cancer.
Regarding treatment, depending on the type of cancer, “some will be sensitive to chemotherapies” and others not. Furthermore, Dr Alain Toledano specifies: “we cannot necessarily say that chemotherapy equals seriousness”.
As for the prognosis, it depends on many factors: “The prognoses will depend on the type of disease and the aggressiveness of the cancer cells, but also on the terrain in which the cancer occurs. It is certain that a woman , young, who has no other history, and whose organs function normally, it is always more engaging in quotes in terms of prognosis.