“It’s not easy to talk about it”

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In the middle of Movember, a month dedicated to men's health, the mayor and president of the metropolis of Rouen Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol announced, this Wednesday, November 13, 2024, be suffering from cancer.

Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol suffering from cancer

The one who is also number 2 of the Socialist Party spoke about it publicly during a press conference dedicated to supporting sick agents of the City and the Metropolis.

In front of the press, this November 13, 2024, he recalled that cancer was “still, in many ways, taboo. This has consequences for loved ones, caregivers, the professional environment, etc. […] These are fairly taboo subjects that we don't talk about enough. We need to talk about it more humanely.”

“It’s a subject that touches me personally,” he confided. “Diagnosed in early 2022 with a first cancerous tumor of the bladder. I had surgery in 2022.” Nicolas Mayer Rossignol then followed a first immunotherapeutic cycle. Then, he was operated on again in 2023. Before a recurrence in June 2024. He also indicated that he was being followed at the Rouen University Hospital. “Illness is not easy to talk about […]. I am lucky to be very supported and very loved. »

I am doing very well, I am in very good health otherwise. I have no pain other than the treatment and operations. The illness did not lead me to give up, work less, commit less

“Commitment is a source of fulfillment, and it’s a form of therapy. It avoids isolation. It rather increased my commitment tenfold,” he said, affirming that he did not intend to resign.

According to the mayor of Rouen, the cause of this cancer is “environmental”. And to specify that there are five times more bladder cancers in Seine-Maritime than in the rest of the population.

He will not resign

Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol informed his majority elected officials of his state of health last night, after the metropolitan council dedicated to budgetary guidelines. The opposition was informed in the morning.

The mayor also wants to show that “it’s a positive message”: “If I didn’t talk about it sooner, it’s because I thought it was behind me. […] It's not the end of the world at all. »

According to data from Public Health France, bladder cancer was diagnosed among 13,074 in 2018, 81% of whom were men.

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