What caused Friske's cancer. Doctors: Zhanna Friske's oncology could have been provoked by an IVF procedure. This tumor metastasizes
The Russian oncologist-innovator told whether it is possible to see cancer in time, who and how can do it, does it make sense to collect millions of rubles for treatment, is there a chance to survive
Oncologists have revealed a cruel addiction: doctors save weak children, but nature kills them.Photo - pixabay.com
"Cancer of the poor" and "cancer of the rich", "disease of offended people" and a family curse. All these are not myths or fairy tales, but a cruel reality that every third Russian will face. After this interview, your life will not be the same: someone will think about their lifestyle, someone will begin to frantically undergo oncotests, and someone - it is possible - will give up and begin to enjoy every day they live. About why the death of Zhanna Friske was a foregone conclusion, because of which Russia will never get rid of the "Apanasenko syndrome" and why everyone needs to do three things right tomorrow - an oncologist, candidate of medical sciences told URA.Ru in an interviewPavel Popov.
- Pavel Borisovich, the first question is the simplest and most difficult at the same time: why does cancer occur?
“I am of the opinion that cancer is a self-destruct mechanism. Nature has created many such mechanisms, including atherosclerosis, diabetes and many other diseases. The evolutionary expediency of such a mechanism lies in the fact that it allows for the change of generations and to reduce intraspecific competition. Nature is interested in subjects of active reproductive age, and as soon as this age ends (for a person it is 30-40 years old), a timer is turned on, which begins to implement the genetic mechanism of self-destruction. Therefore, the percentage of malignant tumors begins to increase like an avalanche after 40 years. In the language of science, this is called "phenoptosis" - the hypothesis of programmed death.
- Has science come to a consensus about the causes of cancer? Or is it just one of the hypotheses?
- In science, by definition, there can be no consensus, otherwise it is not science, but religion. But the facts that are now known allow us to substantiate the opinion that I expressed - this is phenoptosis. You can disagree with him, you can criticize him, but there is no such criticism that could completely refute him. This is indicated at least by the fact that
oncogenes - DNA fragments that encode products necessary for the formation of a malignant tumor - are also involved in other biological processes. Without them, the human body would not have developed from the very beginning.
This means that the whole mechanism of carcinogenesis was specially created by evolution. At least the previously existing opinion that a malignant tumor is the result of an accidental genetic failure does not stand up to scrutiny. In order for a cell to become malignant, six mutations must occur in succession, which is impossible from the point of view of probability theory.
- If we agree that nature regulates the number of individuals who have left the reproductive age, then why is cancer so common in young people, in children? Plenty of examples...
- Here you need to understand that only certain types of cancer have “rejuvenated”. For example, cervical cancer has become younger because it is directly related to the human papillomavirus (HPV). Since people enter into sexual life much earlier than, say, 30-50 years ago, and maintain many chaotic relationships, many women become infected already at the age of 15-17. In ten years, the virus is guaranteed to launch the genetic code of cancer, and if you add this period to the average age of onset of sexual activity, then we have the incidence of cervical cancer among women under thirty years old. For cancer of the stomach, breast, the average age of its manifestation (manifestation) remains approximately the same as twenty years ago.
And one more thing: the development of medicine has led to the fact that We have virtually eradicated infant mortality. As a result, natural selection at the stage of birth and rearing no longer operates. Even in the last ten or twenty years, medicine has made a big leap forward, and now even the most unviable babies are being nursed, which has significantly changed the structure of the population.
It turns out a paradox: the higher the level of development of medicine, the lower the health of the nation. By eliminating the factors of natural selection, we create bionegative selection. because these children live to adulthood and leave offspring.
It sounds harsh, but high infant mortality in the early 20th century meant adults were generally healthier.
In addition, the structure of mortality has changed. In the first half of the 20th century, the main causes of death were infections, hunger and war injuries, respectively, the proportion of cancer was many times less. At present, lethal factors such as infections, hunger and war injuries are minimized in developed countries, and their place has been taken by cardiovascular disease and cancer. In countries with low living standards, people still die mainly from infections, famine and wars.
- It begs the conclusion that common forms of cancer are provoked by the development of medicine. Let's fix this. The question is different. People are very afraid of cancer, so they come up with all sorts of myths that somehow explain its appearance. For example, “cancer is a disease of offended people.” Can thoughts, actions, moods provoke cancer of thought?
“Unfortunately or fortunately, we do not have such power over our body that we can prevent or cause cancer by the power of thought or something else. Only the genetic constitution and a number of different factors work here. In fact, oncology is an illustration of folk wisdom about "it's written for generations." Cancer can be predicted: for example, if previous generations suffered from oncology, then, most likely, phenoptosis will work in descendants in a similar way. But at the same time, there are no guarantees that atherosclerosis will not work earlier. But a person does not have the power to choose his final. Unless he is an alcoholic or a drug addict, that is, he wants to destroy himself long before his cancerous phenoptosis works.
As for the “offended people”, let's see who is usually offended in our country. These are people after forty years of age with midlife crisis syndrome - it is they who fall into the age category when phenoptosis begins to work. And if our pessimistic acquaintance dies of cancer in his forties, then a person who is far from medicine and science can connect these two factors.
- Does the psychological attitude somehow affect the outcome of treatment? It’s also a popular myth: believe in the best - and you will be cured. And if he didn’t recover and died, then he gave up.
- My experience of chemotherapy has shown that if a person is at the stage when the generalization of the process has begun, then neither nutrition, nor lifestyle, nor psychological attitude can change the inevitable ending. Alas. Moreover, the treatment that is sometimes applied in the hope of a miracle tends to bring the end closer rather than delay it. When Zhanna Friske went to America, I already knew the end of this trip and even predicted when everything would be over. No magic: there are statistics on how long a patient lives after a diagnosis of glioblastoma. A year or two, depending on how he was treated.
- By the way, about Jeanne Friske. After her death, there was another surge of myth-making: even the federal press began to use the terminology "cancer of the rich" and "cancer of the poor" - they say, expensive anti-aging procedures are to blame.
- "Cancer of the rich" and "cancer of the poor", of course, there is. Only it is expressed solely in how the patient will feel during the illness. A rich person can afford expensive treatment, decent care, some last joys in life. But the poor don't. But the ending will be the same for both, believe me. If this cancer is treated at all, such as basalioma (one of the varieties of skin cancer - ed.), then the poor will be treated under the policy "cheap and cheerful" - short-focus X-ray, and the rich will pay for photodynamic therapy from their own funds. But if the problem has no solution within the boundaries of today's scientific knowledge, as is the case with pancreatic cancer, then the rich will not be able to "pay off."
Remember at least the founder of Apple, Steve Jobs, all his fortune did not help him overcome the disease.
What about food and bad habits? Lists of "carcinogenic" products are published on the Internet every now and then - it's scary to read.
- Nitrites, which are a mandatory additive in sausages, increase the risk of stomach and colon cancer by two to three times. So every day eating smoked meats and sausage is unsafe. Approximately the same harm is caused by products of intensive frying in fats. If we talk about vegetarianism, then those who do not eat meat are much more likely to develop stomach cancer on the background of gastritis. Yes, vegetarians often have gastritis while eating plant foods that do not contain buffer proteins that neutralize the effects of acids on the mucous membrane. But there is a caveat: those who do not eat vegetables at all are more likely to get colon cancer.
With a low content of dietary fiber, there are problems with stools, chronic colitis, which is also a background for the formation of malignant tumors in the intestines. However, it must be understood that this probability is not too high. Honestly, I’ll tell you: you shouldn’t bother so much about food, its harmfulness and usefulness. There are no products that can insure you against cancer. And there are no those from which cancer is guaranteed to occur if you observe moderation in nutrition and make yourself a balanced diet. AND, of course, lung cancer is statistically more common in smokers. Make a choice.
Excess weight is also called one of the risk factors for cancer. This is true?
They call it, yes. However, there is no significant relationship. Within their age group, thin people get sick just as often as obese people.
- Oncologists voice the same idea: cancer is curable, but in the early stages. But to identify it at these stages is quite difficult. What is the difficulty? Lack of diagnosis or frivolous attitude of people to their health?
- Oncologists are absolutely right, cancer is really curable at an early stage, only they slyly keep silent about what this stage is and what is meant by a cure. If we talk about a complete cure, then cancer is 100% curable only at the zero stage (non-invasive cancer) when the tumor is a thin film within the upper layer of the skin or mucous membrane. The thickness of such a film is less than a millimeter. And already at the first stage of cancer, when the tumor grows only a few millimeters deep, the process of dissemination begins - circulating tumor cells appear in the blood. Some of them land from the bloodstream into the tissue of the lymph nodes, liver, lungs, bones, brain and create new colonies there - micrometastases that are so small that they cannot be detected during a routine examination, for example, with ultrasound or computed tomography. According to my data, melanoma is the leader (due to the high lethality, skin melanoma is called the “queen” of malignant tumors), even with a thickness of 1.6 mm, micrometastases are present in every fifth patient.
So, when they say that cancer is curable at the first and second stages, it does not mean a cure, but a remission - a clear period from 1 to 5 years (as someone is lucky), after which in 80% of patients the disease resumes in the form of growing metastases, and the ending is known to all. And at the “zero” stage, cancer does not bother the patient and he does not seek help.
The statistics I have collected show that more than half of the patients seek medical help in advanced stages. Although it is not difficult to make a visual diagnosis, outpatient doctors, who are the first to see patients, rarely recognize this tumor even at stages 1-2, not to mention “zero”.
I have seen cases where the local therapist mistook melanoma the size of a palm for a birthmark. This is due to the low level of professionalism.
If this is the case with the early detection of cancer of external localization, then why be surprised that cancer of the esophagus, stomach or other internal organs is detected obviously late: such a tumor at an early stage does not cause any inconvenience to the patient and can only be detected by chance, during an endoscopic examination. . But how many of us just go to endoscopy once a year? Yes, no one.
What about tumor markers? Will they help detect cancer?
- Firstly, tumor markers are not early means of detecting a tumor. I think that this type of diagnosis works when we are talking about the dissemination (spread - ed.) of the tumor. According to the data I received, in 80% of cases, an elevated melanoma tumor marker indicates precisely tumor dissemination. However, there is a benefit from this tool, as it allows you to evaluate the treatment process in dynamics, to see whether the tumor is progressing or the treatment is going into remission. But, for example, in prostate cancer, the PSA oncomarker makes it possible to detect prostate cancer earlier than ultrasound does.
— Only in Russia with our diagnostic system is it difficult to detect a tumor in the early stages? Or in other countries too? Do you have statistics?
- In general, Russian oncological statistics are the most dishonest due to a number of circumstances, and we, oncologists, are well aware of this. The percentage may be lowered at the request of the administration of the region or city in order to demonstrate the success of officials in the fight against cancer.
I am aware of a completely anecdotal case in which a high-ranking official ordered the death of cancer patients to be registered with affiliated funeral homes in a neighboring region in order to demonstrate a decrease in mortality in his supposedly as a result of good public health management. Everything was fine until a scandal erupted in the neighboring region: there the death rate doubled!
Foreign statistics in this sense is much more honest. In America, with all its diagnostics and treatment, 95% of patients die from esophageal cancer. The reason is the same as ours - late detection. This is an international problem. And this is due not so much to the development of technology, but to the mentality of people.
The average Russian goes to the doctor when something hurts him, few people are engaged in the prevention of their health.
In Germany, due to voluntary medical examinations, there are statistically more cancers detected at an early stage, and the highest percentage of remissions for stomach cancer in Japan is where a family buys a gastroscope. Do you know people who would go to the doctor, regularly do gastroscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy?
In Russia, prevention is as follows: brochures are distributed in clinics, which describe the symptoms of cancer - weight loss, poor appetite, constant pain. A person with oncology is in pain and losing weight, which means that the disease has gone too far. And it is no longer necessary to turn to a doctor, but to a priest.
- There is an opinion that is actively lobbied by Israeli clinics, noting that Russia has outdated treatment protocols, and diagnostics are a total disaster. What do you say about it?
- I have never seen more outdated treatment protocols than in Israel. Here's a good example: In 2004, a patient came to me for a consultation about colonorectal cancer. We recommended removing the affected area of the intestine and performing chemotherapy according to the most modern scheme at that time. The patient, believing that good advice would not be given in Russia, flew to Israel. There he was operated on and prescribed chemotherapy according to the old scheme. When the patient showed the Israeli oncologists my recommendation, they told him that they are treating according to their standard, and the recommended Russian scheme in Israel is still undergoing clinical testing.
The situation is similar with the treatment of melanoma in Israel. Even in melanoma with a Breslow tumor thickness of more than four millimeters, they offer a wide excision. For you to understand, the peculiarity of melanoma is that when its thickness reaches four millimeters, the probability of micrometastases in the body is more than 80%. And as soon as we excise the tumor, their rapid growth begins and the patient dies in two or three years, or even within a year after the operation. This explosive metastasis can be prevented with the help of photodynamic therapy developed in Russia, which is still not in the standards of Israeli medicine.
In general, if we compare Russian and Israeli medicine, then our diagnostics and treatment are in no way inferior to foreign analogues.
Another thing is that the budget of the chemotherapy departments does not allow treating all patients with drugs for 200-300 thousand per course. But if a person has money for treatment in Germany or Israel, he can buy medicines at his own expense and inject them into a vein in Russian clinics, which will ultimately cost less, since living in a foreign clinic costs a lot of money, and the prices for instrumental diagnostics , for example, computed tomography, are simply fabulous.
- But after all, those people who were refused by domestic medicine often go to Israel and Germany for treatment ...
- I refused because nothing can be done. How many people do you know who were cured in such a situation and lived happily ever after? Let's at least remember the celebrities who, having big money and connections, left for treatment in foreign clinics. Alexander Abdulov, Mikhail Kozakov, Raisa Gorbacheva, Zhanna Friske - there is not a single miraculously cured. They are not among those patients with advanced cancer who collect money on the Internet for their treatment.
Just because it is useless, unfortunately - in the last stages, cancer cannot be cured. It is impossible not only to change the ending, but often even delay it.
Here is an example from my practice: I was approached for consultation by relatives of a patient with stomach cancer, in whom metastases soldered the entire intestine into a tight cocoon, the so-called peritoneal carcinomatosis. My verdict: symptomatic therapy and adequate pain relief are all that can help him. In search of a last hope, the patient's wife turned to an Israeli clinic, where, having examined the discharge documents, she was cheerfully told: "Bring it, we will treat it." Examination, tests, etc. cost fifteen thousand euros, one course of chemistry - the same amount. The patient became worse, and then the resilient Israeli doctors advised his relatives to take him home to die while he could still move around, since it would cost more to transport the “cargo 200”.
Another example. A patient with melanoma of the lower third of the trachea, which German doctors refused, went home after applying photodynamic therapy in Russia. The problem, a dead end for German oncologists in the hospital, was solved in our clinic on an outpatient basis, at minimal cost!
- Recently I read about one project that seemed interesting to me: you take a test that, taking into account all factors - age, bad habits, heredity - determines what is the probability that you will get cancer. Then you install the application on your phone and, according to the test results, you receive reminders. Does it have an effect?
- The probability of dying from cancer is 30% - this is the general statistical probability. In people with increased risk factors, this probability is higher, but even with the worst heredity, it cannot be said that the probability will be, for example, 50%. It just increases the chance that it's not atherosclerosis that will cause your end. And this means that no online tests can even approximately determine what your personal probability of getting cancer is. And even more so, no application will diagnose you - only a highly qualified specialist. The latter is of key importance because the outpatient clinician may miss early cancer.
Of course, there are a lot of speculations on the topic of early cancer diagnosis - all kinds of programs, applications, diagnoses from photographs. But all this is in a certain sense a profanity, because a well-trained oncologist can make an accurate diagnosis with 98% verification in a minute. And the most sophisticated computer with a digital camera makes a diagnosis from a photo with 50-70% verification and spends an order of magnitude more time on it.
- Well, if things are going well with diagnostics and treatment in Russia, then with palliative care it’s a real disaster. Until now, there are no federal programs to support hopeless patients, and there are very few hospices. Something will change in this direction, what do you think?
- Honestly? Nothing will change. Firstly, none of the budgets provides for the article "help for the dying" - it's too expensive. Secondly, the topic of death is still absolutely taboo for our society. People just don't want to know that 4 out of 5 cancer center patients will die within a few years.
Until recently, as you remember, the patient was not even voiced his diagnosis. Even now, when asked by a patient how long he has left to live, some oncologists bashfully turn away. In order for the issue of supporting hopeless cancer patients to be resolved at the federal level, so that comfortable conditions are created for them, the appropriate atmosphere that should be in a hospice, it is necessary to start discussing death issues directly and without ambiguity.
What do you usually advise relatives whose loved ones will soon pass away?
- It often happens that you look at tomography, tests and understand that the patient has less than a year left. No treatment will help, no matter where it is given. I could say to the patient's relatives: "Take him to rest in Antalya or the Maldives, while the person is active and can enjoy the world around him, because then there is a well-known ending." But I know that my words will not be heeded. They will be dragged to other doctors, magicians, wizards, they will be taken to Israel. In due time, a person will die anyway and they will not even be able to prolong his life.
But aggressive methods of treatment can add torment to a person exhausted by the disease. In the terminal stage, a person does not need anything other than painkillers. But before going to bed, an incurable patient has six months or a year in reserve, when he is still somatically active and the symptoms of the disease do not overcome him too much. Therefore, I recommend that the patient put things in order, communicate with loved ones whom the patient rarely saw.
But people rarely listen to my advice and spend the rest of their lives in clinics for useless and painful treatment.
- By the way, about anesthesia. The term "Apanasenko's syndrome" has already appeared, when a person commits suicide due to the fact that he could not get pain relief. After a series of such terrible cases, officials announced that they would try to solve the problem, but literally in August there was a wild story in Chelyabinsk when children's oncology patients could not be provided with morphine. Is anything being done to solve this problem?
- Nothing. Neither after Apanasenko's suicide, nor after other cases, did the procedure for issuing painkillers change. This is due to a far-fetched system supposedly to prevent these funds from entering the black market. But all over the world, doctors who have a diploma and practice have the right to prescribe such drugs. There are violations, but they are not numerous: after all, doctors for the most part are responsible and decent people. If it were possible to return such a system (and it once was), there would be no such cases as with Apanasenko. But I do not believe that the Federal Drug Control Service will allow this, because it is easier to twist the hands of doctors than to block the billion dollar drug traffic.
- That is, stories about how relatives of cancer patients buy heroin from gypsies still exist?
- Anything can happen. But basically, a person groans in pain, and his relatives go crazy.
- What a nightmare. Tell us better what to do to avoid such a fate.
First, don't panic. Cancerophobia is also an extreme, there is little benefit and joy from this. Remember that the highest percentage of cancer incidence is observed after 60 years. This means that if you are young, you should not constantly exhaust yourself with examinations without special indications. If there are indications (poor heredity, background diseases of the gastrointestinal tract or respiratory tract), it is advisable to undergo gastroscopy or bronchoscopy once a year. And a colonoscopy if there is a family history of colitis and colon cancer. Everything else can be less.
Women should visit the gynecologist every six months and require an extended cervical colposcopy - it's like the Lord's Prayer. If there are any neoplasms on the skin or mucous membranes, it is necessary to consult a doctor, and only a highly qualified one. Women over 35 should visit a mammologist once a year and have a mammogram. Cancer prevention brochures often recommend self-diagnosis - that is, to palpate the breast yourself. However, a retrospective analysis shows that there is no sense in such a diagnosis. For men over forty, I would recommend taking a PSA tumor marker.
Contrary to popular belief, the time interval between the stage of cancer that can be cured and hopeless is not half a year or a year at all. It's five or even ten years. This means that there is enough time to detect most neoplasms at an early stage, when the outcome of treatment can be optimistic. And remember that science does not stand still. For example, photodynamic therapy, which was introduced into the treatment standards four years ago, makes it possible to defeat cancer in the early stages without losing an organ. Be attentive to your health.
The singer and actress, who in half a month could have turned only 41 years old.
Jeanne for two years: brain cancer was discovered in the singer almost immediately after her son Plato was born. The boy just turned 2 years old.
They tried to treat the actress in the best clinics in Germany and the USA. At some point, it seemed that the disease receded, but it only hid. The singer's father - after she died - admitted that Jeanne had been in a coma for the past three months.
In recent days, in medical circles, doctors have been discussing the cause that provoked brain cancer in a young and seemingly healthy woman (moreover, in its rare form - glioblastoma).
The director of the Center on Kashirskoye Highway in Moscow (where Zhanna has recently been treated), the chief oncologist of Russia, Mikhail Davydov, admitted in an interview with MK: Zhanna, alas, had no chance of surviving. According to him, the maximum a person with such a disease can live is one and a half years.
When asked by a correspondent whether Zhanna's pregnancy (in particular, IVF) could have provoked this terrible disease, Davydov replied: “IVF only accelerated the growth of a tumor already present in the brain. In general, any pregnancy acts as a provocateur of many diseases, to which a person has a predisposition. And even more so IVF, when there is a powerful hormonal attack on the body, and even more so if a person has a tumor (Friske could already have it)."
“Perhaps this tumor was very small. IVF provoked its growth. After all, she began to have headaches immediately after the birth of the child,” Russia’s chief oncologist explained.
Other physicians partly agree with his opinion. So, in an interview with Sobesednik, oncologist Olga Fadeeva noted: “A malignant formation does not appear in a week or two - it usually matures for years. So childbirth cannot cause cancer in any way, but provoke a sharp growth of a tumor that formed before pregnancy, - Yes".
Gynecologist-reproductologist Ivan Barinov, for his part, reports that extensive examinations of patients who resorted to in vitro fertilization (IVF) were carried out in the United States and Europe. According to him, "the same data were obtained everywhere - conception in a test tube does not increase the risk of developing oncology."
However, Barinov notes, not every woman who has had cancer in the past is allowed to do IVF - the decision on this is made by the oncologist.
“However, if a healthy girl who has become a mother with the help of artificial insemination is diagnosed with cancer shortly after childbirth, then this disease was probably missed even before pregnancy,” says gynecologist-reproductologist Ivan Barinov. “Although according to the law, before the IVF procedure, all patients must undergo examination by specialists of different profiles.
In a commentary on this topic to Komsomolskaya Pravda, obstetrician-gynecologist Vera Balan explained: “Cancer matures for 15-20 years. And just like that, after the IVF procedure, it cannot appear! complaints, then during pregnancy it could begin to grow. After all, pregnancy is a serious hormonal and immune restructuring, everything in the body changes.
At the same time, the doctor noted that during the IVF procedure, the existing tumor could not be noticed. According to her, "IVF and pregnancy cannot be the CAUSE of brain cancer, but any hormonal" storm "can accelerate the development."
The day before with Zhanna Friske in the Moscow concert hall "Crocus City Hall". With the singer ... June 18 her in the suburbs.
Unfortunately, no one is immune from disease. The information that appeared at the beginning of this year about the terrible illness of the famous Russian singer Zhanna Friske shocked literally everyone: doctors diagnosed a malignant tumor in the ex-soloist of the Brilliant. And until the moment the star's husband made an official confirmation of this, many Runet users simply refused to believe that Zhanna Friske had brain cancer.
It is very pleasing that a huge number of Russians did not remain indifferent to the singer's illness.
At present, we can confidently say that the events that unfolded immediately after this sad news have been confirmed. Everyone wanted to morally and financially support the pop star and her family.
How dangerous is glioblastoma
Medical experts did not deny that Zhanna Friske had brain cancer. The singer was diagnosed with glioblastoma. This pathology refers to primary brain tumors. The specifics of treatment depends on which areas are affected by the disease. If the tumor has arisen in the immediate vicinity of the cerebral cortex and the disease can affect the centers responsible for movement and speech, then the symptoms appear immediately. In this case, the patient often loses consciousness, he is disturbed. In such cases, a person usually immediately runs to the doctor, the pathology in most cases can be stopped at the initial stage, and treatment here can be considered an effective measure.
However, if the malignant formation is located in the deep structures of the cerebral hemispheres, then it is often very difficult to visually diagnose.
It should be emphasized that Zhanna Friske has stage 4 brain cancer.
If we talk about primary glioblastoma, then, as a rule, it is not accompanied by metastases. So said one of the doctors of neurosurgery
Many are still interested in the question of why Zhanna Friske had brain cancer at all. Experts commented on this as well.
Causes
So, for what reasons could Zhanna Friske get sick with oncology? Doctors' forecasts regarding the sources of the disease come down to the following: some argue that the singer had a result. The fact is that the Russian pop star spent a lot of time working in Mexico, and subsequently moved to Miami. Everyone knows that in the USA and “in the homeland of tequila” there is a bright and burning sun, which could negatively affect the singer’s body.
Andrey Grin, one of the neurosurgery specialists, informed that in medical practice, patients who underwent surgery to remove a malignant tumor often relapse after they went on vacation to warm countries.
Other experts argue that Zhanna Friske's glioblastoma appeared due to the fact that the former soloist of the "Brilliant" abused the use of anti-aging procedures, the meaning of which was to produce stem cells in the spinal canal. Naturally, this increased the risk of malignant tumors, which usually occur in several places at once.
Zhanna Friske, probably, could still foresee. There are cases when the disease does not cause any harm to a person at all, and sometimes there are simply “dead end” situations when the doctor is unable to help his patient, and then only one thing remains - to transform the pathology into some kind of remission in order to extend his days at least a little . So said one of the experts in neurosurgery Dmitry Okishev.
The singer turned to the doctors immediately
According to relatives of the pop diva, she did not immediately seek medical help. In the middle of last year, her headaches became more frequent, she constantly felt drowsy and repeatedly lost consciousness. Only after these alarming symptoms Zhanna Friske began to show concern about her own health. She went to the doctors, who diagnosed her with a terrible disease. At the same time, American experts were sure that the singer would not live even two months. Naturally, they did not tell their close relatives about this. However, later their expectations were not confirmed.
Difficult choice of clinic
For Zhanna's relatives, choosing a clinic for treatment was not easy. They took her to Germany, to the USA, as well as to well-known cancer centers in our country. In the end, it was decided to treat the singer in New York.
The state of health of the singer at the moment
The diagnosis of Zhanna Friske shocked not only her family and friends, but the entire Russian public. The singer's colleagues "in the shop" did their best to help her, and even took part in the fundraising campaign that was required for treatment abroad. The fact is that it was impossible to delay with him, because suddenly Jeanne's eyesight worsened, and she herself lost weight dramatically. It was decided to conduct treatment in the United States. Almost immediately, the singer was prescribed a course of chemotherapy, which, of course, had a positive effect on the health of the pop star. However, it is still very premature to talk about the complete healing of Zhanna Friske. After the use of medications, puffiness appeared on the singer's body, and it is very difficult to recognize the former Jeanne in her.
Positive dynamics
Today, the singer's condition has stabilized, her health has improved somewhat, and she is seriously considering the issue of a further treatment strategy. The singer no longer intends to undergo chemotherapy.
The American media reported that the Russian pop diva decided to be treated with an experimental nanovaccine in one of the medical centers located in Los Angeles.
Since the girl does not see well, she is forced to wear dark glasses. The reason for the deterioration of the singer's vision is obvious: Zhanna Friske is ill with brain cancer. A malignant tumor, of course, affects the optic nerve. As soon as doctors manage to reduce the affected area, vision will be restored, experts say.
It should be emphasized that doctors already have some success in this direction. The possibility that you can completely "overcome" the oncological disease exists.
Zhanna Friske's family next to her
Today, next to the singer are the people dearest to her: mother - Olga Vladimirovna, husband - Dmitry Shepelev, son Plato and a friend in the musical group "Brilliant" - All of them provide all possible support to the singer.
The singer's father, Vladimir Borisovich, also informed Russian print media that his daughter had refused chemotherapy treatments. As for the new drug, which is specifically designed to combat glioblastoma, only its name is known - ICT-107, and that the vaccine has recently been successfully tested in medical laboratories in Los Angeles.
Opinion of Russian experts
Russian doctors do not believe that it was necessary to send the singer for treatment "abroad", since similar vaccines were also created by Russian scientists.
When the public actively discussed what happened to the singer, the capital's oncologists expressed disapproval that Zhanna Friske chose to be treated by their foreign colleagues, reproaching her for her lack of patriotism. According to the chief oncologist of the Russian capital, treatment in our country is of better quality, moreover, it is completely free.
In addition to this, the experts acknowledged that the drugs developed are classified as experimental, so they are not always used and are not always effective.
According to media reports, a brain tumor was found in actress Anastasia Zavorotnyuk. The star of the series "My Fair Nanny" and her husband Pyotr Chernyshev learned about the terrible disease after the birth of their common daughter Mila a year ago. Andrey Pylev, chief physician of the European Clinic for Surgery and Oncology, said that not only brain tumors, but many others are often detected during or after pregnancy.
- Pregnancy itself does not provoke the appearance of new tumors,- said the specialist. - If a woman has a small tumor that has not yet manifested itself, then pregnancy provokes its rapid growth.
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According to the oncologist, pregnancy is a huge hormonal explosion for the body. Against this background, neoplasms get the opportunity for rapid growth. Zhanna Friske's illness, which began to manifest itself during pregnancy, also appeared even before that.
The existing tumor process can be activated during pregnancy, IVF. But IVF itself cannot be a factor that triggers the tumor process, says Pylev. - It is the period of fetal growth that causes the activity of tumor processes.
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Depending on the location of the tumor, such neurological "bells" as headache, weakness of the limbs and convulsions, dizziness, motor and speech disorders, impaired swallowing and even epileptic seizures, rapid deterioration of vision and hearing loss may occur.
If neurological symptoms occur, a neurologist should be consulted. Next, the specialist decides whether to send the patient for further research, such as an MRI, says the oncologist.
