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Kate Middleton cancer in remission
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Anonymous
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Good news from the princess.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/kate-middleton-cancer-remission-princess-b2679467.html |
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Anonymous
| Remission from what? She said she was having “preventative chemo” |
Anonymous
Right, people do that when cancer is fully removed but chemo is still done as a preventative measure. Are people really this dense or just love their BRF conspiracies? |
Anonymous
Remission from cancer. She had surgery in January 2024, wherein the pathology revealed that the removed tissue/mass was cancer. She then had adjuvant chemotherapy. She's now in remission, which means she has no evidence of disease. I also had surgery in January 2024. Pathology showed invasive malignant neoplasm in my breast tissue. I then had "preventative chemo" from February to June. The "preventative chemo" (called adjuvant chemotherapy in the US) was to ensure that any cancer cells circulating in my body were eliminated. I am also now in remission. Let me know if you have any other questions about cancer! |
Anonymous
NP. Glad to hear your good news! |
Anonymous
| What kind of cancer? |
Anonymous
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This thread is sure to go well.
(Glad to hear her good news). |
Anonymous
| NED and remission are terms that seem to be used differently by different doctors. As a cancer survivor, I have no evidence of disease and my doctor said she considers this to mean I am cured, and yes, she did use that word. If she were to find more cancer, this would mean a recurrence. The term remission suggests cancer is still present from the original diagnosis but not progressing. Hard to know what kate is suggesting. |
Anonymous
| I think the way she announced it was classy, visiting the hospital to thank them and talk to others still receiving treatment. |
Anonymous
For whatever reason, she didn't specify. You could possibly narrow it down based on her treatment plan (surgery + adjuvant chemo, apparently no radiation) but there are lots of plausible possibilities here. I know a lot of patients who lament about having a "gross" cancer (colorectal, anal, etc.). There is unfortunately still some shame among certain types of cancer. I've known some folks with lung cancer who never smoked, and always feel compelled to mention that. There's not really a "good" cancer. I had breast cancer and also didn't like naming the type. It felt so intimate and I didn't like people immediately thinking about my boobs or how mangled I looked under a shirt. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
Very true! I'm also a cancer survivor and here in the U.S., really only hear the term NED these days. My oncologist never uses the term "cured" unfortunately - at least not with me. NED is the best I can hope for. I feel like "remission" is sometimes used in the US with stage IV folks who are currently showing no evidence of active disease but will never be declared "cured." So I agree, unclear what she's suggesting, but also this could be a US / UK distinction in language. |
Anonymous
I answered this above. Feel free to ask me further questions, I am happy to educate on this! |
Anonymous
+10000 I'm having trouble believing this all... |