Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol announces that he has bladder cancer: the mayor of Rouen has had two recurrences

He wore a mustache to support Movember, despite being affected by the disease himself. Fervent support of the month of fight against male cancers, the mayor (PS) of Rouen Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol revealed on France 3 have bladder cancer.

Treatment is coming to an end

“I didn't want to talk about it right away because I thought it was such an exceptional event that it would quickly be behind me. Blame it on bad luck, if you like… But these cancers recur a lot “, the councilor confided to our colleagues.

He specifies that he is currently completing his treatment for a second recurrence of his illness, which was detected in June 2024. He was diagnosed for the first time in February 2022, and suffered a first relapse in 2023. But “I'm doing well”insists the mayor, who assures that he is being followed “in an extraordinary way” at the Rouen University Hospital.

“It was a shock for me, a surprise, because these are cancers that mainly affect older people, who smoke or who have been exposed to hydrocarbons,” says Nicoles Mayer-Rossignol.

Bladder cancer

Bladder cancer is the seventh most common cancer in France, notes the Bladder website. health insurance. The last census carried out, in 2018, counted 13,000 new diagnoses. In 81% of cases concern men and mainly, when they are over 60 years old.

50% of these cancers are caused by tobacco in men, and 40% in women. Occupational exposure to toxic substances is also a significant risk factor, like certain hydrocarbons during combustion.