The PS mayor of Rouen, Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, announces that he has bladder cancer

The chosen one must undergo a third cycle of immunotherapy in a few days.

The mayor (PS) of Rouen, Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, announced Wednesday November 13 during a press conference that he was suffering from bladder cancer, reports France Bleu Normandie. The elected official, also president of the Rouen Normandy metropolis, was diagnosed with a first tumor at the beginning of 2022. He underwent surgery in February afterwards. He benefited from an initial immunotherapy treatment lasting several months. Then, he underwent a new operation in April 2023 for a first recurrence of several tumors, details France Bleu Normandie.

Despite a new series of immunotherapy sessions, a second recurrence appeared and a third operation was carried out in June 2024. In a few days, he will have a third cycle of immunotherapy. But he assures us: “I'm doing very well”. Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol rules out resigning from his elective mandates. He explains that he is being followed at the urology department of the Rouen University Hospital by a “great and very human team”. He specifies that he has no metastasis.

“The illness does not prevent me from being less present and committed, it is even the opposite”.

Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, mayor of Rouen

at a press conference

The disease has “increased my commitment also for substantive reasons. These subjects are taboo and we need to talk about them more”he continues.

Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol also announces a plan for metropolitan officials suffering from cancer. It will be implemented as part of the Movember male cancer awareness operation. According to the elected official, the prevalence rate of this cancer is five times higher in Seine-Maritime than in the rest of France. “This cancer has an environmental origin, it is not genetic”he said.