Dr. Ola Khorshid, Professor and Head of the Department of Oncology at the National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, head of the early detection campaign for lung tumors, revealed that we have lost a great artist due to lung cancer, the artist Hisham Selim. Unfortunately, this cancer is only discovered in advanced stages, where the patient begins In the examination after the appearance of symptoms such as persistent cough, bloody sputum, approaches, weight loss and bone pain, indicating that these symptoms may be related to the presence of a lung tumor in an advanced stage..
Hisham Selim
She pointed out that, therefore, we are now conducting an early detection campaign for lung tumors with the aim of discovering this disease in its early stages, so that a full recovery can be achieved.
She added that this disease in more than 80% of the population is caused by smoking, and therefore we advise smokers to quit smoking and there are clinics present in the campaign for this goal.
He was the attending physician of the artist Hisham Selim Dr. Yasser Abdel Qader, Professor of Oncology at Qasr Al-Ainy Medicine, had revealed in exclusive statements to “The Seventh Day”, that he was being treated for lung cancer in the advanced stages of the disease due to smoking, explaining that he had only discovered the disease in its late stages, so he was subjected to treatment for a full year.
Dr. Yasser Abdel Qader added that the artist, Hisham Selim, took chemotherapy and immunotherapy, but he relapsed after his progress in treatment, and this is normal with lung cancer in the advanced stages of the disease.
Dr. Yasser Abdel Qader pointed out that lung cancer was only discovered in its late stages because the nature of the disease is that it does not appear with clear symptoms that the patient can detect early, explaining that 70% of lung cancer cases are not discovered except in the advanced stages of the disease, indicating that sputum Hemorrhage is one of the signs of advanced lung cancer.
He stressed that the goal of treatment in the advanced stages is to increase the patient’s life expectancy and alleviate pain, noting that he was treated in Egypt at Dar Al Fouad Hospital.
He explained, that Corona made us discover many cases of lung cancer in its early stages, thanks to the CT scan that was required from the Corona patient to confirm the diagnosis, noting that smoking is one of the main factors and it affects non-smokers as well, such as environmental pollution.
Dr. Yasser Abdel Qader explained that the artist, Hisham Selim, was being treated for lung cancer for a whole year, but it relapsed after the treatment, indicating that he was a person of top creativity, taste and respect, and he was a great personality and a collaborator with doctors and the nursing staff and responded to doctors’ orders, and he was in the last call He thanks me and the medical team for his treatment.