In Spain, about 16,000 cases of Breast canceraccording to data from the Spanish Society of Senology and Mammary Pathology. For its part, the Spanish Association Against Cancer states that breast that is the first cause of cancer death, although in our country “the 5 -year survival rate is 82.8% globally, and exceeds 99% in patients diagnosed with disease exclusively in the breast.”
Therefore, it is essential to make periodic reviews to be able to detect the disease in time and be able to act as soon as possible. “It is important not to neglect mammograms”. These are words of Tina Knowlesmother of Beyoncé and Solangewho has made public that has suffered breast cancer. He has done it through his latest book, Matriarch, some memories in which he speaks “about fame, love and loss” and also about this disease.
He forgot to go to mammography
In exclusive statements to the magazine PeopleKnowles explains that he had a scheduled appointment to make a mammographybut they canceled it because of the Covid: “They called me, they canceled it and told me: we will call you when we do the tests again.” Some time later, it was forgotten that this test was not done: “I thought I had already done it”he states.
The bad news came in July last year when doctors detected the disease in Stage 1 In the left chest. He says that if the mammography had been done in time, it could have been detected in stage 0 and recognizes that “he did not know that there was stage 0”.
In the tests they did not detect breast cancer genes and there was also no history in his family. However, this disease was detected Mathew Knowleshis ex -husband and father of Beyoncé and Solange, who does have a mutation of the BRCA2 gene.
Now, he says to be “Great” and “Without Cancer” after undergoing an operation at the end of last year. They removed the tumor and practiced a chest reduction. “I am healthier, as better, I have lost weight,” he adds, and appreciates “the immense luck that God would allow me to detect it in time.”
The fashion designer admits that she had doubts to tell it in the book “because I am very reserved”, but in the end she has done so for raise awareness Women around the world of the importance of making periodic reviews, even if they say they have no time: “And I think, as women, we are sometimes so busy, so occupied and so busy, but Test must be done. Because if I hadn’t done it on time, I shuddered when I thought about what could have happened to me“
In addition, he wants to serve as an example, to give hope and demonstrate that “You can go through that and keep being fine”. After this bump, he confesses that he is afraid of “not making the most of every day that I have left in this life.”
How did your daughters reacted, Beyoncé and Solange?
He mentions his daughters and what was his reaction to hear that his mother was sick. Beyoncé, he says, had a Positive attitude and concentrated to deal with this issue “with precision” and Solange gave strength to his mother with a “We will take care of this”. “My daughters became my team,” he says.
