In October monuments and media are “painted pink”, it is the month of awareness about Breast Cancer. A disease that only in the 2020 took the lives of 685 thousand women, and approximately 2.2 million They are fighting for their lives, among them the actress and host Verónica Toussaint.
“They remind us that we have to explore ourselves, have a mammogram, that we must go to the doctor and get checked. But nobody prepares you for when they tell you ‘you have cancer’. This time it was my turn, more than a month ago they detected me breast cancer”.
The winner of the Ariel, in the Best Supporting Actress category, revealed in the Imagen Televisión program “Qué chulada” that she has breast cancer.
“Today I decide to share it with you. It is a very intense process for me and especially for those around me and who want me close, but I trust in science and in the treatments that I have been doing for a week so that this period passes soon and in the best way”.
What is breast cancer?
It occurs when a cell in the breast begins to grow abnormally; they divide faster than healthy cells and continue to build up to form lumps or tumors. They can spread to lymph nodes or other parts of the body, describes the Mayo Clinic Medical Institute.
Symptoms of breast cancer
- Lump or thickening of the breast
- Suspicious change in size or shape
- Skin changes such as dimples
- Recent nipple inversion
- Peeling or shedding of the skin
Breast cancer can be treated and if it is caught early, the chance of survival is high. Join the #TócateParaQueNoTeque campaign! We are all in this fight together.
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