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The testimony of Philippa Lagerback, well-known presenter of the TV show “What’s the weather like”, is particularly touching. She talks about her way of being next to her husband Daniel Bossari, hit by one tongue cancer. In fact, it’s no small thing to say, like Lagerbäck, that to confront this disease one must “hold hands because love gives strength and strength along with optimism is part of the healing.” Tongue cancer is in fact a complex pathology to treat that limits the quality of life and every positive resource is necessary to improve prognosis and treatment.
Let’s talk about a tumor that 2% of all neoplasms diagnosed in Italy And affects men more than women. And if, on the one hand, the clinical picture improves significantly when the disease is diagnosed at an early stage, on the other hand, some patients tend to underestimate some symptoms, so that it takes a long time before they go to the doctor and admit the diagnosis; In some less fortunate cases, however, the tumor grows insidiously and only shows symptoms once it has spread widely.