What does modern medicine think about the singer’s illness? Stars who were diagnosed with a brain tumor, like Zhanna Friske, Zhanna Friske has oncology
An innovative Russian oncologist explained whether it is possible to spot cancer in time, who can do it and how, whether it makes sense to collect millions of rubles for treatment, and is there a chance to survive?
Oncologists have revealed a cruel dependence: doctors save weak children, but nature kills them.Photo - pixabay.com
“Cancer of the poor” and “cancer of the rich”, “disease of offended people” and generational curse. All these are not myths or fairy tales, but a cruel reality that every third Russian will face. After this interview, your life will not be the same: someone will think about their lifestyle, someone will begin to frantically undergo oncology tests, and someone - it is possible - will give up and begin to enjoy every day they live. About why Zhanna Friske’s death was a foregone conclusion, why Russia will never get rid of “Apanasenko syndrome” and why everyone needs to do three things right tomorrow - an oncologist, candidate of medicine, spoke in an interview with URA.Ru medical sciences Pavel Popov.
— Pavel Borisovich, the first question is the simplest and most difficult at the same time: why does cancer occur?
“I am of the opinion that cancer is a mechanism of self-destruction. Nature has created many such mechanisms, including atherosclerosis, diabetes mellitus and many other diseases. The evolutionary feasibility of such a mechanism lies in the fact that it allows for a change of generations and a reduction in intraspecific competition. Nature is interested in subjects of active reproductive age, and as soon as this age ends (for a person this is 30-40 years), a timer is turned on, which begins to implement the genetic mechanism of self-destruction. Therefore, the percentage of malignant tumors begins to increase exponentially after 40 years. In the language of science, this is called “phenoptosis” - the hypothesis of programmed death.
— Has science come to a consensus about the causes of cancer? Or is this just one of the hypotheses?
— In science, by definition, there cannot be a consensus, otherwise it is not science, but religion. But the facts that are now known allow us to substantiate the opinion that I expressed - this is phenoptosis. You can disagree with him, you can criticize him, but there is no criticism that could completely refute him. This is at least indicated by the fact that
Oncogenes - DNA fragments that encode products necessary for the formation of a malignant tumor - are also involved in other biological processes. Without them, the human body would not have developed from the very beginning.
This means that the entire mechanism of carcinogenesis was created specifically by evolution. At least the previously existing opinion that a malignant tumor is the result of a random genetic failure does not stand up to criticism. In order for a cell to become malignant, six mutations must occur in it successively, which is impossible from the point of view of probability theory.
— If we agree that nature regulates the number of individuals past reproductive age, then why is cancer so common among young people, in children? There are plenty of examples...
— Here you need to understand that only certain types of cancer have become “younger.” For example, cervical cancer has become younger because it is directly linked to the human papillomavirus (HPV). Since people become sexually active much earlier than, say, 30-50 years ago, and maintain many chaotic relationships, many women become infected at the age of 15-17. Within ten years, the virus is guaranteed to trigger the genetic code of cancer, and if we add this period to the average age of onset of sexual activity, then we have the incidence of cervical cancer among women under thirty years of age. For stomach and breast cancer, the average age of its manifestation (manifestation) remains approximately the same as twenty years ago.
And one more point: the development of medicine has led to the fact that We have practically eradicated infant mortality. As a result, natural selection no longer operates during the birth and nursing stages. Even over the last ten to twenty years, medicine has made a great leap forward, and now even the most non-viable babies are nursed, which has significantly changed the structure of the population.
A paradox emerges: the higher the level of development of medicine, the lower the health of the nation. By eliminating natural selection factors, we create bionegative selection, since these children live to adulthood and leave offspring.
It sounds harsh, but high infant mortality rates in the early 20th century meant that adults were generally healthier.
In addition, the structure of population mortality has changed. In the first half of the 20th century, the main causes of death were infections, hunger and war injuries; accordingly, the proportion of cancer diseases was several times lower. Nowadays, lethal factors such as infections, famine and war injuries have been minimized in developed countries, and their place has been taken by cardiovascular diseases and cancer. In countries with low level people still die mainly from infections, hunger and wars.
— The conclusion arises that common forms of cancer are provoked by the development of medicine. Let's record this. The question is different. People are very afraid of cancer, so they come up with all sorts of myths that somehow explain its appearance. For example, “cancer is a disease of offended people.” Can thoughts, actions, moods provoke thought cancer?
“Unfortunately or fortunately, we do not have such control over our body that we can, with the power of thought or anything else, prevent cancer or cause it. Only the genetic constitution and a number of different factors are at work here. In fact, oncology is an illustration of the folk wisdom about “it was written in the family.” Cancer can be predicted: for example, if previous generations suffered from cancer, then, most likely, phenoptosis will work in a similar way in their descendants. But there is no guarantee that atherosclerosis will not work earlier. But a person has no power to choose his own ending. Unless he is an alcoholic or a drug addict, that is, he wants to destroy himself long before his cancerous phenoptosis works.
As for the “offended people,” let’s see who is usually offended among us. These are people over forty years old with midlife crisis syndrome - they are the ones who fall into the age category when phenoptosis begins to work. And if our pessimistic friend over forty dies of cancer, then a person far from medicine and science can connect these two factors.
— Does the psychological mood somehow affect the outcome of treatment? It’s also a popular myth: believe in the best and you will be cured. And if he was not cured and died, it means he gave up.
“My experience with chemotherapy has shown that if a person is at the stage when the generalization of the process has begun, then neither nutrition, nor lifestyle, nor psychological attitude can change the inevitable ending. Alas. Moreover, the treatment that is sometimes used in the hope of a miracle tends to bring the end closer rather than delay it. When Zhanna Friske went to America, I already knew the ending of this trip and even predicted when it would all end. There is no magic: there are statistical data on how long a patient lives after being diagnosed with glioblastoma. A year or two depending on how he was treated.
— By the way, speaking of Zhanna Friske. After her death, there was another surge in myth-making: even in the federal press they began to use the terminology “cancer of the rich” and “cancer of the poor” - they say, expensive anti-aging procedures are to blame.
— “Cancer of the rich” and “cancer of the poor” certainly exist. Only it is expressed exclusively in how the patient will feel during the illness. A rich person can afford expensive treatment, decent care, and some last joys in life. But the poor one doesn’t. But the ending will be the same for both, believe me. If this cancer is treated at all, such as basal cell carcinoma (one of the types of skin cancer - ed.), then the poor will be treated “cheaply and cheerfully” - with short-focus X-rays, and the rich will pay for photodynamic therapy from their own funds. But if the problem does not have a solution within the limits of scientific knowledge of today, as is the case with pancreatic cancer, then the rich cannot “buy off”.
Just remember Apple founder Steve Jobs; his entire fortune did not help him overcome the disease.
— What about nutrition and bad habits? Lists of “carcinogenic” products are published on the Internet every now and then—it’s scary to read.
— Nitrites, which are a mandatory additive in sausages, increase the likelihood of developing stomach and colon cancer by two to three times. So it’s not safe to eat smoked meats and sausage every day. Products intensely fried in fats cause approximately the same harm. If we talk about vegetarianism, then those who do not eat meat are much more likely to develop stomach cancer due to gastritis. Yes, vegetarians are more likely to experience gastritis when they eat plant foods that do not contain buffer proteins that neutralize the effects of acids on the mucous membrane. But there is a nuance: those who do not eat vegetables at all are more likely to get colon cancer.
With a low dietary fiber content, problems with stool and chronic colitis occur, which is also a background for the formation of malignant tumors in the intestines. However, we must understand that this probability is not too high. I’ll tell you honestly: you shouldn’t worry so much about food, its harmfulness and usefulness. There are no foods that can insure you against cancer. And there are no diseases that are guaranteed to cause cancer if you maintain moderation in your diet and create a balanced diet. AND, Of course, statistically, lung cancer occurs more often in smokers. Make a choice.
— Excess weight is also called one of the factors causing cancer. This is true?
- They call it, yes. However, there is no reliable relationship. Within their age group, thin people get sick just as often as obese people.
— Oncologists voice the same idea: cancer is curable, but in the early stages. But identifying it at these stages is quite difficult. What's the difficulty? Lack of diagnosis or careless attitude of people towards their health?
— Oncologists are absolutely right, cancer is indeed curable at an early stage, only they are slyly silent about what this stage is and what is meant by cure. If we talk about a complete cure, then cancer is 100% curable only at stage zero (non-invasive cancer), when the tumor is a thin film within the upper layer of the skin or mucous membrane. The thickness of such a film is less than a millimeter. And already at the first stage of cancer, when the tumor grows only a few millimeters deep, the process of dissemination begins - circulating tumor cells appear in the blood. Some of them parachute from the bloodstream into the tissue of the lymph nodes, liver, lungs, bones, and brain and create new colonies there - micrometastases, which are so small that they cannot be detected during normal examination, for example, with ultrasound or computed tomography. According to the data I received, melanoma is in the lead (due to its high mortality rate, skin melanoma is called the “queen” of malignant tumors); already at a thickness of 1.6 mm, micrometastases are present in every fifth patient.
So, when they say that at the first and second stages cancer is curable, it does not mean cure, but remission - a clear interval from 1 to 5 years (depending on your luck), after which in 80% of patients the disease recurs in the form of growing metastases, and the ending is known to everyone. And at the “zero” stage, the cancer does not bother the patient and he does not seek help.
The statistics I collected say that more than half of patients seek medical help in advanced stages. Although it is not difficult to make a visual diagnosis, outpatient doctors, who are the first to see patients, extremely rarely recognize this tumor even at stages 1-2, not to mention “zero”.
I have encountered cases where a local physician mistook a palm-sized melanoma for a birthmark. This is due to the low level of professionalism.
If this is the case with the early detection of cancer of external localization, then is it surprising that cancer of the esophagus, stomach cancer or other internal organs is detected obviously late: such a tumor at an early stage does not cause any inconvenience to the patient and can only be detected by chance, during an endoscopic examination . But which of us just goes for an endoscopy once a year? No one.
— What about tumor markers? Will they help detect cancer?
— Firstly, tumor markers are not early means of detecting a tumor. I think that this type of diagnosis works when we are talking about dissemination (spread - editor's note) of the tumor. According to the data I received, in 80% of cases, an elevated melanoma tumor marker indicates tumor dissemination. However, there is a benefit from this tool, since it allows you to evaluate the treatment process over time, to see whether the tumor is progressing or whether the treatment is moving towards remission. But, for example, in case of prostate cancer, the PSA tumor marker makes it possible to detect prostate cancer earlier than ultrasound.
— Only in Russia, with our diagnostic system, is it difficult to detect a tumor in the early stages? Or in other countries too? Do you have statistics?
— In general, cancer statistics in Russia are the most dishonest due to a number of circumstances, and we, oncologists, know this very well. The percentage may be underestimated at the request of the regional or city administration to demonstrate the success of officials in the fight against cancer.
I know of a completely anecdotal case in which a high-ranking official ordered the registration of deaths of cancer patients in affiliated funeral homes in a neighboring region in order to demonstrate a decrease in mortality in his own, supposedly as a result of skillful management of health care. Everything was fine until a scandal broke out in the neighboring region: the mortality rate there doubled!
Foreign statistics in this sense are much more honest. In America, with all its diagnosis and treatment, 95% of patients die from esophageal cancer. The reason is the same as ours - late detection. This is an international problem. And this is connected not so much with the development of technology, but with the mentality of people.
The average Russian goes to the doctor when something hurts; few people take care of their health.
In Germany, due to voluntary medical examination, there is statistically more cancer detected at an early stage, and the highest percentage of remissions for stomach cancer is in Japan - they buy a gastroscope for a family there. Do you know people who would go to the doctor and regularly have gastroscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy?
In Russia, prevention is as follows: they hand out brochures in clinics that describe the symptoms of cancer - weight loss, poor appetite, constant pain. A person with cancer has some pain and loses weight, which means that the disease has gone too far. And you no longer need to go to a doctor, but to a priest.
— There is an opinion that Israeli clinics are actively lobbying for, noting that treatment protocols in Russia are outdated, and diagnostics are a complete disaster. What do you say about this?
— I have never seen treatment protocols that are more outdated than in Israel anywhere. Here's a good example: in 2004, a patient came to me for consultation about colonorectal cancer. We recommended removing the affected area of the intestine and administering chemotherapy according to the most modern regimen at that time. The patient, believing that they would not give good advice in Russia, flew to Israel. There he was operated on and prescribed chemotherapy according to a scheme as old as time. When the patient showed my recommendation to the Israeli oncologists, they told him that they were treating according to their standard, and the recommended Russian scheme It is still undergoing clinical testing in Israel.
The situation is similar with the treatment of melanoma in Israel. Even for melanoma with a Breslow tumor thickness of more than four millimeters, they offer wide excision. So that you understand, the peculiarity of melanoma is that when its thickness reaches four millimeters, the probability of micrometastases appearing in the body is more than 80%. And as soon as we excise the tumor, their rapid growth begins and the patient dies two to three years, or even within a year after the operation. This explosive metastasis can be prevented using photodynamic therapy developed in Russia, which is still not included in the standards of Israeli medicine.
In general, if we compare Russian and Israeli medicine, our diagnostics and treatment are in no way inferior to their foreign counterparts.
Another thing is that the budget of chemotherapy departments does not allow treating all patients with medications at a cost of 200-300 thousand per course. But if a person has money for treatment in Germany or Israel, he can purchase medicines at his own expense and inject them into a vein in Russian clinics, which in the end will cost less, since living in a foreign clinic costs a lot of money, and the prices for instrumental diagnostics , for example, computed tomography, are simply fabulous.
“But people who have been rejected by domestic medicine often go to Israel and Germany for treatment...
“I refused because nothing could be done.” How many people do you know who recovered from such a situation and lived happily ever after? Let's at least remember the celebrities who, having a lot of money and connections, went to foreign clinics for treatment. Alexander Abdulov, Mikhail Kozakov, Raisa Gorbacheva, Zhanna Friske - there is not a single one miraculously cured. Nor are they among those patients with advanced cancer who raise money for their treatment on the Internet.
Simply because it is useless, unfortunately - in the last stages, cancer cannot be cured. It is impossible not only to change the ending, but often even to delay it.
Here is an example from my practice: relatives of a patient with stomach cancer, whose metastases had welded the entire intestine into a tight cocoon, the so-called peritoneal carcinomatosis, came to me for consultation. My verdict: symptomatic therapy and adequate pain relief are all that can be done to help him. In search of the last hope, the patient’s wife turned to an Israeli clinic, where, after examining the discharge documents, they cheerfully told her: “Bring it, we’ll treat you.” The examination, tests, etc. cost fifteen thousand euros, one course of chemistry - the same amount. The patient became worse, and then the cheerful Israeli doctors advised his relatives to take him home to die while he was still able to move, since transporting the “200 load” would cost more.
Another example. A patient with melanoma of the lower third of the trachea, which German doctors refused, after using photodynamic therapy in Russia, went home after the operation. The problem, a dead end for German oncologists in the hospital, was solved in our clinic on an outpatient basis, at minimal cost!
— I recently read about a project that I found interesting: you take a test that takes into account all factors - age, bad habits, heredity - determines how likely you are to get cancer. Then you install the application on your phone and you receive reminders based on the test results. Does it have an effect?
— The probability of dying from cancer is 30% - this is the general statistical probability. In people with elevated risk factors, this probability is higher, but even with the worst heredity it cannot be said that the probability will be, for example, 50%. It simply increases the likelihood that it is not atherosclerosis that will cause your end. This means that no online tests can even approximately determine what your personal likelihood of getting cancer is. And even more so, no application will diagnose you - only a highly qualified specialist. The latter is of key importance because the outpatient doctor may miss early cancer.
Of course, on topic early diagnosis There is a lot of speculation about cancer - all kinds of programs, applications, diagnoses based on photographs. But all this is, in a certain sense, profanation, because a well-trained oncologist will be able to make an accurate diagnosis in a minute with a verification rate of 98%. And the most sophisticated computer with a digital camera makes a diagnosis from a photo with a verification of 50-70% and spends an order of magnitude more time on it.
— Well, well, if things are going well with diagnosis and treatment in Russia, then with palliative care it’s a complete disaster. There are still no federal programs to support hopeless patients, and there are very few hospices. Do you think something will change in this direction?
- Honestly? Nothing will change. Firstly, not a single budget includes an item on “assistance for the dying” - it is too expensive. Secondly, the topic of death is still absolutely taboo for our society. People simply don't want to know that 4 out of 5 cancer center patients will die within a few years.
Until recently, as you remember, the patient was not even told about his diagnosis. Even now, when asked by a patient how long he has left to live, some oncologists shyly turn away. So that the issue of supporting hopeless cancer patients is resolved at the federal level, so that comfortable conditions, the appropriate atmosphere that should be in a hospice - you need to start discussing issues of death directly and bluntly.
— What do you usually advise relatives whose loved ones will soon pass away?
“It often happens that you look at tomography and tests and realize that the patient has less than a year left. No treatment will help, no matter where it is carried out. I could tell the relatives of the patient: “Take him to rest in Antalya or the Maldives while the person is active and can enjoy the world around him, because then there is a known ending.” But I know that my words will not be heeded. They will drag you around to other doctors, magicians, wizards, and will take you to Israel. In due time, the person will die anyway and they won’t even be able to extend his life.
But aggressive treatment methods can add torment to a person exhausted by the disease. In the terminal stage, a person needs nothing except painkillers. But before going to bed, an incurable patient has six months to a year in reserve, when he is still somatically active and the symptoms of the disease do not overwhelm him. Therefore, I recommend that the patient put things in order and communicate with loved ones whom the patient rarely saw.
But people rarely listen to my advice and spend the rest of their lives in clinics for useless and painful treatment.
— By the way, about pain relief. The term “Apanasenko syndrome” has already appeared, when a person commits suicide due to the fact that he could not get pain relief. After a series of such terrible cases, officials announced that they would try to solve the problem, but literally in August there was a wild story in Chelyabinsk when pediatric oncology patients could not be provided with morphine. Is anything being done to solve this problem?
- Nothing. Neither after Apanasenko’s suicide, nor after other cases, the procedure for issuing painkillers did not change. This is due to a contrived system that is supposed to prevent these funds from ending up on the black market. But all over the world, doctors who have a diploma and practice have the right to prescribe such drugs. There are violations, but they are few in number: after all, doctors for the most part are responsible and decent people. If it were possible to return such a system (and it once was), such cases as with Apanasenko would not have happened. But I don’t believe that the Federal Drug Control Service will allow this, because it is easier to twist the arms of doctors than to block billions of drug traffic.
— So there are still stories about how relatives of cancer patients buy heroin from gypsies?
- Anything can happen. But basically the person groans in pain, and his family goes crazy.
- What a nightmare. Tell us better what to do to avoid such a fate.
- First of all, don’t panic. Cancerophobia is also an extreme, there is little benefit or joy from it. Remember that the highest incidence of cancer occurs after 60 years of age. This means that if you are young, you should not constantly exhaust yourself with examinations without special indications. If there are indications (bad heredity, underlying gastrointestinal or respiratory tract diseases), it is advisable to undergo gastroscopy or bronchoscopy once a year. And a colonoscopy if there is a family history of colitis and colon cancer. Everyone else can do it less often.
Women should visit a gynecologist once every six months and demand an extended colposcopy of the cervix - this is like the “Our Father”. If there are any neoplasms on the skin or mucous membranes, you should consult a doctor, and only a highly qualified one. For women over 35 years of age, it is advisable to visit a mammologist once a year and have a mammogram. Cancer prevention brochures often recommend self-diagnosis—that is, palpating the breasts yourself. However, a retrospective analysis shows that such diagnostics are of no use. For men over forty, I would recommend taking the PSA tumor marker.
Contrary to popular belief, the time interval between the stage of cancer that can be cured and the hopeless stage is not six months or a year. This is five, or even ten years. This means that there is enough time to identify most tumors at an early stage, when the outcome of treatment can be optimistic. And remember that science does not stand still. For example, photodynamic therapy, which was introduced into treatment standards four years ago, makes it possible to defeat cancer in the early stages without losing an organ. Be attentive to your health.
According to media reports, actress Anastasia Zavorotnyuk was diagnosed with a brain tumor. The star of the series “My Fair Nanny” and her husband Pyotr Chernyshev learned about the terrible disease after the birth of their common daughter Mila a year ago. As Andrey Pylev, chief physician of the European Clinic of Surgery and Oncology, said, not only brain tumors, but many others are often detected during or after pregnancy.
- Pregnancy itself does not provoke the appearance of new tumors,- said the specialist. - If a woman has a small tumor that has not yet manifested itself, then pregnancy provokes its rapid growth.
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According to the oncologist, pregnancy is a huge hormonal explosion for the body. Against this background, neoplasms have the opportunity to grow rapidly. Zhanna Friske’s illness, which began to manifest itself during pregnancy, also appeared even before that.
The existing tumor process can become more active during pregnancy or IVF. But IVF itself cannot be a factor that triggers the tumor process, says Pylev. - It is the period of fetal growth that causes the activity of tumor processes.
Alarming symptoms
Depending on the location of the tumor, neurological “bells” may occur such as headache, weakness of the limbs and convulsions, dizziness, motor and speech disorders, impaired swallowing and even epileptic seizures, rapid deterioration of vision and hearing loss.
If neurological symptoms occur, you should consult a neurologist. Next, the specialist decides whether to send the patient for further research, for example, an MRI, says the oncologist.
The singer and actress, who in half a month would have turned only 41 years old.
Zhanna for two years: brain cancer was discovered in the singer almost immediately after her son Plato was born. The boy recently turned 2 years old.
They tried to treat the actress in the best clinics in Germany and the USA. At some point, it seemed that the disease had receded, but it only lay low. The singer's father, after she died, admitted that for the last three months Zhanna had been in a coma.
IN last days in medical circles, doctors discussed in a “half whisper” the reason that provoked brain cancer in a young and seemingly healthy woman (moreover, in its rare form - glioblastoma).
The director of the Center on Kashirskoe Highway in Moscow (where Zhanna was recently treated) - the chief oncologist of Russia, Mikhail Davydov, admitted in an interview with MK: Zhanna, alas, had no chance to survive. According to him, the maximum that a person with such a disease can live is one and a half years.
When asked by a correspondent whether Zhanna’s pregnancy (in particular, IVF) could provoke this terrible disease, Davydov replied: “IVF only accelerated the growth of a tumor already existing in the brain. In general, any pregnancy acts as a provocateur of many diseases, to which a person has a predisposition. And especially IVF, when there is a powerful hormonal attack on the body. And even more so if a person has a tumor (Friske could already have one).”
“Perhaps this tumor was very small. IVF provoked its growth. After all, her headaches began immediately after the birth of the child,” explained the chief oncologist of Russia.
Other doctors partly agree with his opinion. Thus, in an interview with Sobesednik, oncologist Olga Fadeeva noted: “A malignant formation does not appear in a week or two - it usually “ripes” for years. So childbirth cannot cause cancer, but it can provoke a sharp growth of a tumor that formed even before pregnancy. - Yes".
Gynecologist-reproductologist Ivan Barinov, for his part, reports that extensive examinations of patients who resorted to in vitro fertilization (IVF) were carried out in the USA and Europe. According to him, “the same data were obtained everywhere - in vitro conception does not increase the risk of developing cancer.”
However, Barinov notes, not every woman who has had cancer in the past is allowed to undergo IVF - the decision on this is made by the oncologist.
“However, if a healthy girl who became a mother through artificial insemination is diagnosed with cancer soon after giving birth, then this disease was probably missed even before pregnancy,” says gynecologist-reproductologist Ivan Barinov. “Although, by law, all patients must undergo IVF before the IVF procedure.” examination by specialists of various profiles."
In a commentary on this topic to Komsomolskaya Pravda, obstetrician-gynecologist Vera Balan explained: “Cancer “matures” for 15-20 years. And it cannot appear just like that after an IVF procedure! It’s a different matter if the tumor has been hiding for many years without causing any complaints, then during pregnancy it could begin to grow. After all, pregnancy is a serious hormonal and immune change, everything in the body changes."
At the same time, the doctor noted that during the IVF procedure, the existing tumor might not have been noticed. According to her, “IVF and pregnancy cannot be the CAUSE of brain cancer, but any hormonal “storm” can accelerate the development.
The day before with Zhanna Friske at the Moscow concert hall "Crocus City Hall". With the singer... June 18 in the Moscow region.
Which celebrities have encountered this terrible disease?
Which celebrities have encountered this terrible disease?
Today, the family of Zhanna FRISKE confirmed the terrible news, which has been haunting all the singer’s fans for several days. On the official website of the star, her common-law husband Dmitry SHEPELEV made a statement: Zhanna has cancer (). People around the singer say that she has an inoperable brain tumor. As medical statistics show, brain tumors are relatively rare - about 1.5% among all types of tumors. However, among celebrities there are many who have faced a terrible diagnosis.
Although a brain tumor is not always malignant (that is, growing and usually leading to death), nevertheless, even a benign one is a rather serious pathology, in most cases leading to disruptions in the normal functioning of the brain. There aren't many ways to get rid of a brain tumor. The main one is surgery. But it can only be used if the tumor is operable and if its removal does not affect the main parts of the brain. Radiation therapy is used to stop its growth. Chemotherapy can remove tumor cells left behind after surgery or radiation therapy.
Valery Zolotukhin
The famous actor and artistic director of the Taganka Theater Valeria Zolotukhina Doctors discovered glioblastoma in 2012. On March 5, 2013, the actor was hospitalized in the intensive care unit of the Russian Scientific Center for Radiology. On March 14, it became known that doctors put him into an artificial (medically induced) coma. On the morning of March 30, 2013, the artist died from complications caused by the tumor.
According to doctors, the artist, who was put into a medically induced coma, had virtually no chance of recovery. The cancer was discovered at a late stage, and at that age doctors did not dare to operate. His loved ones had no choice but to pray for his health.Valery did not know that he had cancer, the actor’s first wife told EG after Zolotukhin’s death. Nina Shatskaya. “We couldn’t tell him about it.”
Valentina Tolkunova
In March 2010 Valentina Tolkunova was urgently hospitalized in the therapeutic department of the Botkin Hospital after she became ill at a concert in Mogilev. The artist had stage 4 cancer, tumors in the chest and brain with metastases to the liver and lungs. In recent weeks, doctors have gained hope - the singer said that she felt much better and even refused chemotherapy. The doctors did everything possible to ease the suffering of their star patient, however, feeling worsening, Valentina Tolkunova asked to bring a priest to her for unction.
Before this, Valentina Vasilievna was last hospitalized in August 2009 - she underwent a serious operation to remove a brain tumor. The singer spent almost a week in the Burdenko military hospital, and then she was transferred to the Blokhin Oncology Center. In 2006, doctors gave Tolkunova a terrible diagnosis - “breast cancer” - and performed surgery on the artist. All this time, Valentina Vasilievna courageously fought the disease and even managed to return to the stage.Konstantin Khabensky's wife Anastasia
In December 2008, after a long illness, the wife of the famous actor died in an American clinic. Konstantin Khabensky 35-year-old Anastasia. Anastasia was diagnosed with a brain tumor while she was pregnant. But the woman refused to undergo treatment for fear of harming the baby. The first operation was performed immediately after the birth at the Burdenko Research Institute. After this, the patient was prescribed chemotherapy. But the tumor continued to grow, and neurosurgeons insisted on repeat surgery. But this did not stop the disease.
Konstantin Khabensky turned to the specialists of the best private clinic in Los Angeles, Sinai Cedars, for help. Over several months of treatment, doctors used different techniques. Radiation therapy and even the so-called backup “Cell Killer” method were also used. The treatment was very expensive: one day of stay in the clinic cost Khabensky $1,500. The total amount of services provided by American doctors exceeded one and a half million dollars.
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At the beginning of November, it became known that the patient had suffered a sharp deterioration. She was again placed in the Sinai Cedars. There, in her mother’s arms, the unfortunate woman died. Nastya is survived by her son Vanya.
Nikolay Valuev
Former heavyweight boxer, world title holder and current MP State Duma Nikolay Valuev at one time he went through a serious operation, due to which he had to end his career as a professional athlete. Valuev was diagnosed with a brain tumor.
- After the fight with David Hay, I wanted to have at least one more fight. Was next in line Vladimir Klichko, but he spent so long choosing his opponents that I decided to go to the doctors in the meantime. It turned out that it was not in vain. During the next examination, doctors discovered a benign tumor the size of an acorn in my head. On this note, I decided to end my performances in the ring. The operation lasted five hours, but craniotomy, as you can see, was successful,” Nikolai Valuev said in an interview with the Sport Express newspaper.Ivan Shapovalov
10 years ago, in the studio of the Beijing Hotel with the mystical name “Celestial Empire,” the recording of the second album “t.A.T.u.” was supposed to take place. But due to disagreements Lena Katina And Yuli Volkova with producer Ivan Shapovalov the group fell apart, and the second album was not released... And in 2012, they began raising funds for an operation for the producer who had brain cancer. In the face of a fatal illness, Ivan did not give up.
- Ivan, what helps you fight this terrible disease?– we asked Shapovalov.
This is my chance to start with a clean slate,” he shared. “I visit Moscow less often, only if I need to record songs. He moved to the Tver region, to Konakovo, where he became interested in horse riding and was at the origins of an equestrian club. I learned to ride along with the children and now I feel confident on a horse. Horses are not just a hobby, like music, they are life. They helped me become kinder and make less scandals. I used to be able to yell at someone and turn down a multimillion-dollar contract. Animals distract from the hustle and bustle and even illness.
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He lost a terrible amount of weight. He just looked like nothing. Moreover, he also did not want to be treated.
The doctors said we need to go to Germany or Israel - they can help there. Vanya refused. Now he is holding up well.
- Is there any hope that Ivan will cope with the disease?
Doctors say there are no metastases yet. We are all praying... Lena Kiper told me that Vanya is better, after “chemotherapy” the tumor goes away literally before our eyes. The doctors reassured us that there was a chance. God willing.
Sheryl Crow
American singer has a brain tumor Sheryl Crow, a nine-time Grammy Award winner, was discovered in November 2011. Since then, the artist has been living with a terrible diagnosis. The 51-year-old singer told fans about her serious illness during one of her concerts, and then gave several detailed interviews to major American media on this topic. According to Crowe, she began to suffer partial memory loss.
I started serious problems with memory, and I went to the doctor to do everything possible before the disease began to progress. I didn’t think it was that serious until I heard the diagnosis. They told me that I had a brain tumor,” the singer said, adding that she once forgot the words to her song Soak Up the Sun right during a concert.
The singer said that the tumor is benign, and for now she is not even thinking about surgery. The star is going to undergo regular examinations to monitor the development of the disease. Representatives of the performer said that Crowe suffers from meningioma, a tumor growing from cells in the tissue surrounding the brain. According to them, “there’s nothing wrong with it.” A few years ago, Sheryl Crow managed to successfully cope with breast cancer.
Julie Chen
American TV star Julie Chen learning to see again after doctors removed her brain tumor. The host of the popular KTTV channel from Los Angeles was considered one of the most glamorous stars of the television company, but now this woman has no time for glamor. In September 2013, doctors discovered she had a brain tumor using a CT scan. The terrible discovery was made by accident, as Julie came to the hospital after falling while surfing. Chen hit her face hard on the board. After this, she lost vision in one eye. Doctors carried out a detailed scan and discovered that the problem was not so much a stroke as a growing brain tumor. Fortunately, it turned out to be operable.
Day 5 after brain surgery, Chen tweeted on November 25. - Still very weak in body, but strong in spirit. I am amazed by all the support you give me.
One of the main problems on the road to recovery was deteriorating vision, said the host of the Good Day LA program Maria Sanson, Julie's colleague. - But every day it improves. Of course, it cannot be said that Julie sees as well as she did before the operation. But believe me, I don't lead her by the hand. She herself is already perfectly oriented in space. And she can’t wait to get back to work.
