talks about the oncologist –

The Princess of Wales, Kate Middleton, has announced that she is undergoing treatment, with the first cycles of chemotherapy, for a tumor discovered during the abdominal operation she underwent in December. However, neither the type of cancer nor its progress has been disclosed. To make some hypotheses is the oncologist Claudio Zanon, surgeon and scientific director of Motore Sanità, who interviewed by il Giorno explains: “From what was written in the newspapers and declared by Princess Middleton herself, the operation she underwent for cancer abdominal, followed by ileostomy, could be due to a tumor of the left colon or rectum”, the doctor stated. “We can say this because temporary ileostomies are normally performed to protect the surgical anastomoses that are more difficult to heal, given the vascularization and inflammation of the tissues involved.” From a clinical point of view, he observes, “we know that colon cancer usually affects older people, but today we see an increase in the incidence of sporadic tumors in young people (Aiom Cipomo data, ed.) which is not in relation to the styles of life”.

We are in the field of hypotheses and speculation based on the little information available, including on the possibilities of recovery. “Naturally today with chemo and immunotherapy the chances of recovery are significantly increased, relapses are decreasing, we have valid protocols, even independent of the molecular characterization of the cancer”, concludes Zanon. The princess herself explained in Friday’s video that she had told her three children “that she will be fine.”