Dr. Michel Cymes, retired ENT doctor and radio columnist, TV host, actor… has just published Nothing is impossible: my story could be yours (ed. Stock). On this occasion, questioned by our colleagues from Ouest France, he returns to the kidney cancer which he was operated on 14 years ago.
“When I announced laryngeal or other cancer to a patient, I did not tell him not to go and do research on the Internet, but to go to referenced, serious sites, he remembers. Myself, when I was told I had cancer, I just went to see the definition of this tumor on the Internet. Then I trusted my urologist. I entrusted my life to him.“
Getting tested, “it can save your life”
The now retired doctor recommends that all French people get tested: “We can’t all go for a CT scan of the whole body every month, but we can do the four major early screenings: breast, prostate, cervix and colon“.
Nevertheless, “less than half of the French do it. We’ve all heard people say, “I’m not getting tested because they might find me cancer.” Yes, but it could save your life. That’s what made me want to write this book.“
Kidney cancer is an essentially male disease: in France, the average age at diagnosis is 65 years. This pathology is favored by several risk factors: smoking, overweight, obesity and prolonged dialysis treatments. Kidney cancer is mainly treated with anticancer drugs (immunotherapy, etc.) and surgery. According to’National Cancer Institute“kidney cancer is associated with a good prognosis when diagnosed at a localized stage, which is the case for more than half of patients“.
Source :West France
