Thousands
of women have to deal everyday with a relentless enemy, a foe which
although silent and insignificant-like at first, brings about
devastating effects: breast cancer. No symptoms. No pain. No evidence
causing to suspect that something’s not working. Early detection and
regular visits to the gynecologist are essential to provide with
suitable arms to fight against it. Those visits and an accurate
self-examination turn out to be crucial methods to keep Spain in the
successful path of holding the first place in Europe in breast cancer
fighting, for 85% of women survive such subsequent heroic treatments.
But all that belongs to the hypocritical domain of statistics or the shocking scope of headlines, but nothing to do with the everyday nightmare any of those women, who should be referred to as “heroines”, have to bear. Because any kind of cancer is a harmful quest which requires not only certain physical features. It demands a special mental training as well. Feeling week, discouraged, exhausted or sad are the insurmountable rocks they’ll find along their way. It is not only putting through a long chemotherapy or radiotherapy treatment (or both) which most of cancer sufferers are to undergo. Some of those women feel they’ve lost their essence, their womanhood just because they are likely to lose their hair or one or both breasts and giving up appears to be an enticing prospect.
For the last years promising treatments have been discovered to fight against breast cancer with metastasis. U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) approved Perjeta (pertuzumab) and Afinitor (everolimus), which had been previously used on other types of cancer. Halaven (eribulin mesylate) was approved in 2010 for late-stage breast cancer though it was later refused for unnefective and insecure. New researches on a hormone produced by ovaries (estradiol), the most important production of estrogen, could be the key to fight against breast cancer. Once again those news shed a ray of new hope on this dark journey. There are lots of pages out there where anyone may check last news about breast cancer research but I’ve picked this one with lots of info about treatments, nutrition, diagnosis, etc.
But there’s still a long way ahead and we can’t afford lowering the guard. We must dedicate all our efforts to obtain funds and investments in such research, to raise a real awareness among the population, to get the contribution of organizations and individuals. That is the actual key.
I always remember Anastacia singing with that harsh-voice of hers: “I wonder if you know how it really feels to be left outside alone”. We definitely don’t. And they are claiming for an actual commitment, a real fund assignment for serious research not publicity, public acts and hollow campaigns which sometimes reduce a real fighting to the simplest form of a pink ribbon. One of the late campaigns released by Chilean Public Health department has been said to outrage women more than raise awareness. Check it here. In my humble opinion the only thing we may do in our clumsiness is just to be there, to make them feel assured, protected, strong, to make them feel they’ll never be outside alone.
What do you think? Should there be a way to draw more funds for cancer research? Is there a new treatment you’ve heard of and want to share with us? Do you think the Chilean campaign is right or offensive?
But all that belongs to the hypocritical domain of statistics or the shocking scope of headlines, but nothing to do with the everyday nightmare any of those women, who should be referred to as “heroines”, have to bear. Because any kind of cancer is a harmful quest which requires not only certain physical features. It demands a special mental training as well. Feeling week, discouraged, exhausted or sad are the insurmountable rocks they’ll find along their way. It is not only putting through a long chemotherapy or radiotherapy treatment (or both) which most of cancer sufferers are to undergo. Some of those women feel they’ve lost their essence, their womanhood just because they are likely to lose their hair or one or both breasts and giving up appears to be an enticing prospect.
For the last years promising treatments have been discovered to fight against breast cancer with metastasis. U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) approved Perjeta (pertuzumab) and Afinitor (everolimus), which had been previously used on other types of cancer. Halaven (eribulin mesylate) was approved in 2010 for late-stage breast cancer though it was later refused for unnefective and insecure. New researches on a hormone produced by ovaries (estradiol), the most important production of estrogen, could be the key to fight against breast cancer. Once again those news shed a ray of new hope on this dark journey. There are lots of pages out there where anyone may check last news about breast cancer research but I’ve picked this one with lots of info about treatments, nutrition, diagnosis, etc.
But there’s still a long way ahead and we can’t afford lowering the guard. We must dedicate all our efforts to obtain funds and investments in such research, to raise a real awareness among the population, to get the contribution of organizations and individuals. That is the actual key.
I always remember Anastacia singing with that harsh-voice of hers: “I wonder if you know how it really feels to be left outside alone”. We definitely don’t. And they are claiming for an actual commitment, a real fund assignment for serious research not publicity, public acts and hollow campaigns which sometimes reduce a real fighting to the simplest form of a pink ribbon. One of the late campaigns released by Chilean Public Health department has been said to outrage women more than raise awareness. Check it here. In my humble opinion the only thing we may do in our clumsiness is just to be there, to make them feel assured, protected, strong, to make them feel they’ll never be outside alone.
What do you think? Should there be a way to draw more funds for cancer research? Is there a new treatment you’ve heard of and want to share with us? Do you think the Chilean campaign is right or offensive?
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