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In a video published Friday March 22, Kate Middleton announced that she had cancer. The Princess of Wales has been recovering since last January, after undergoing abdominal surgery. This announcement follows weeks of rumors about the absence of Prince William's wife. “I wanted to personally thank you for all the wonderful messages of support received, and for your understanding during my convalescence period. she began. And to admit: “These last few months have been extremely difficult for our entire family, but I have had a fantastic medical team who took great care of me, for which I am very grateful.”
“In January, I underwent a major abdominal operation in London which was apparently benign. The operation was carried out successfully. However, tests carried out after the operation revealed the presence of cancer. My medical team therefore advised me to undergo preventative chemotherapy and I am now in the early stages of this treatment.” detailed the mother of George, Charlotte and Louis. The latter's statements have caused a lot of concern, especially since Kate Middleton has not specified what type of cancer she is suffering from.
In their edition of this Saturday March 23, our colleagues from Parisian have tried to provide some points of understanding about the cancer from which Kate Middleton suffers. Is it rare to suffer from this disease at such a young age? “People under 50 are much less at risk of having cancer than seniors. In France, in 2023, Public Health France estimates, for example, that the number of breast cancers per 100,000 women is 131 at age from 40 years and from 439 to 70 years”our colleagues reported.
Kate Middleton, soon cured?
And to take up the words of Catherine Hill, author of a recent article in the Cancer Bulletinon the fact that“There is no specificity specific to young people” but that “for around thirty years”, several cancers such as those of the breast, skin, kidneys or pancreas are “increasingly common among women in their forties”. Nicolas Girard, pulmonologist with a specialization in the treatment of patients with lung cancer or rare thoracic tumors, explained to our colleagues what the preventive chemotherapy that the princess has started consists of. “When a cancer is diagnosed at a localized stage, that is to say when there are no metastases elsewhere in the body, surgery is done to remove it. But there are sometimes cells that have gone elsewhere, without us seeing them. The point of preventive treatments is to destroy these cells.”detailed the man who is also head of the medical oncology department at the Institut Curie, in Paris.
He also indicated to our colleagues that we cannot say that the princess will automatically be cured after her preventive chemotherapy. “Cancer is a disease of uncertainty, and sometimes preventive care is not enough”he wanted to qualify with the Parisian. And to continue: “It is rare that surgery alone is enough, except in cases of very small tumors. But if it is large and there are affected lymph nodes, we will do additional treatments”. That being said, Kate Middleton confided in her video message, broadcast on Friday March 22, that despite the “huge shock”she is fine. “I am doing well and growing stronger every day by focusing on the things that will help me heal, in my mind, body and soul,” she declared.
Then to add: “Having William by my side is also very reassuring, and represents a great source of comfort. Just like the love, support and kindness so many of you have shown. It means so much to both of us.” The forty-year-old received many messages of support, including that of her brother James Middleton. After posting a photo with his sister as children, he wrote: “Over the years, we have climbed many mountains together. As a family, we will climb this one with you too”. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle also wished, via a press release, to wish “health and healing to Kate and all the family” With l'“hope they can do so privately and peacefully”.
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