It was over a month ago. “I have lung cancer, but I'm going to cure it because it can be treated better and better!” Announced Pascal Bataille, famous TV host, on his Instagram account. Several weeks later, and while a program – pilot – on lung cancer screening was announced, the journalist, guest of BFMTV, returned to the process of testing his.
“It took 9 months to diagnose this cancer, which during this time evolved […] We were in denial for several months, “he regretted, even if he indicates that he was” well treated and well taken care of “.
“The faster we do, the more likely we are to survive it”
At the start, the man, who had doubts after starting to cough a lot, thought of a “long covid”, like the doctors elsewhere. “I was made of small exams, including a radio. And unfortunately, on the lung radios, often we do not see the tumors, ”he recalls.
The pilot program of the National Cancer Institute, Pascal Bataille sees it as a good progress, which he congratulates. “Let us stop being in the denial,” let us detect. Let us take advantage of what the French health system – which is still extraordinary, many countries do not benefit from it – provides us with. Let us take advantage of these new screenings which, I hope, are becoming generalized for lung cancer as for other forms of illness and let's go without fear. »»
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