Mónica Martínez has turned Divinity’s Instagram into a meeting place with women who inspire, pioneers who, throughout their history, have become references for many others. In ‘Women we move‘, her section, all the interviewees have one point in common: healthy living. And after premiering these live shows with a hilarious talk with the businesswoman and gym coach Vikika Costa, now it is the turn of Lucía González-Cortijo, a renowned oncologist specializing in breast cancer.
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In her more than 20 years of experience in medicine, the doctor has been able to show that exercise and healthy eating are crucial to have quality of life, something key in her field. She works as head of oncology services at Quirón Salud Madrid, is the forerunner of a movement that encourages sports (‘Correr en rosa’) and three years ago she created her own foundation, ‘Life in Pink‘, where it encourages women to take care of themselves in every way. However, in this direct from Instagram he has not only come to talk about her. He has also enlightened us with the knowledge that his “privileged head” has.
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In 2019 more than 33,000 women developed cancer for the first time. To give us an idea, would be 138 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. And, according to Dr. González-Cortijo, this increase is due to the increasingly aging population and the reproductive habits of young people. Each time we are mothers later. This causes the breasts to take time to develop, to experience those changes that breastfeeding or pregnancy hormones bring, which protect against the development of tumors.
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With regard to self-exploration, although it is not considered contrary, it does emphasize the importance of knowing how to do it. “It can never be replaced by a medical check-up”. In addition, in this interview for ‘Women we move’, the oncologist has put in I value the role of Angelina Jolie in telling that she had decided to remove her ovaries and tubes and undergo a mastectomy after learning that she had a very high risk of genetically inheriting breast cancer that her mother had previously suffered.
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