At the Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Limoges, the medical profession provides psychological assistance to women with breast cancer. A patient testifies after a mastectomy and heavy follow-up care: "It was a shock ... Overnight, being mutilated is not easy ... We need to get past the surgery and heavy treatments, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. '
Laetitia Mendes carried a gene that predisposed her to breast cancer. She had her breasts removed preventively, following the screening results, which also informed her that she was pregnant. Laetitia decided to talk about her operation after actress Angelina Jolie revealed her double mastectomy in 2013. And she wrote a book, for her daughter...
Etienne Lalou asks a young woman about the potential removal of a "sick" breast. For her, her husband would probably leave her after such an operation and "It would be terrible". But she still declares that she would accept to lose it if it was to live...
On the occasion of the month and the operation "October rose" against breast cancer, presentation of a new technique of breast reconstruction that arrives in France. Images of an operation carried out in the operating room of the Henri Mondor hospital in Créteil (Val-de-Marne). Interviews with Professor LANTIERI and Christine DEGLAND, a patient who benefited from this innovative technique.
Feature at the Breast Cancer Screening Centre in Paris, which has just launched a new breast cancer screening campaign. According to the National Institute of Disease, 25% of deaths could be prevented if the diagnosis was made on time. In 20 years, the number of breast cancers detected has doubled to more than 41,000 cases in 2000. Interviews with Dr RAMBERT, radiologist, Philippe MOURGAT, head of screening at the National Cancer Institute. Testimony of Zina DOLEZAC, a patient who expresses her apprehension before each control examination.
A l'usine de savonnerie Flavien de Boulogne, 32 ouvriers aveugles et mal-voyants travaillent dans les ateliers, utilisant les machines et autres avec autant de dextérité que les valides. Illustration.
Recent work on breast cancer suggests that the hereditary factor of this disease is very important, Meeting with a patient followed by the Institute Curie in Paris who testifies after a breast ablation, while his mother and grandmother underwent the same procedure. Interview with Jean Claude DURAND, of the Curie Institute, explains a possible transmission by genes or by an unfavourable hormonal state.
In France, one in thirteen women is at risk of developing breast cancer, with about 25,000 new cases detected per year. Presentation of the different techniques and therapies used for screening, such as thermography, tomo-mammography, ultrasound, with mammography which remains the key exam. For care, radiotherapy, chemotherapy are some of the practices used.
On the occasion of Cancer Week, a report on the benefits of physical activity and sport to prevent this disease, including breast cancer. Meeting in a centre of the Club Med Gym of Paris, with women practicing physical activity, then interview with Françoise CLAVEL-CHAPELON, research director at INSERM, who underlines a decrease in breast cancer thanks to an intensive sports practice.
Report on breast cancer. Presentation of the treatments used, including radiotherapy and surgery. The focus is on diagnosis and also on self-diagnosis with self-palpation; demonstration with supporting drawings.
The layout of urban spaces is not designed for people on wheels. Liliane Meiste rmilite for improving the accessibility of people with disabilities. In a wheelchair, she demonstrates all the obstacles and difficulties she encounters on a daily basis: sidewalks too narrow, distributors installed too high, stairs without access ramp...
Besançon CHU is one of the ten French establishments that have been clinically testing a new type of treatment for HER2-type breast cancer for the past three years. This breast cancer affects 100 of the 800 patients with breast cancer each year in Franche-Comté, and for three years the results have been spectacular. Meeting with Chantal BLIND cured of HER2-type breast cancer; She was one of the first to benefit from this treatment called T-DM1.
Introducing a new X-ray machine, the senographer. Interview with Professor Charles GROS, working at the Strasbourg Hospital, a breast cancer screening specialist, who emphasises the importance of breast radiography and explains how to perform a breast exam to detect possible abnormalities.
The young singer Gilbert Montagné lives in the 20th arrondissement of Paris. We accompany him on the street where he walks with his white cane while talking.
Facing Etienne Lalou, a patient with a possible serious breast pathology, expresses her reluctance, her worry, her fear of being operated on, of being mutilated, of losing part of her femininity. Professor Charles Gros, a breast cancer specialist who follows the patient, tries to explain to her the value of conducting exploratory examinations, first with an X-ray and then with a biopsy. Trust in the medical profession is questioned.
Interview of professors Maurice Tubiana and Léon Schwartzenberg about cancer and the psychological impact on patients of this pathology experienced by some patients as a shrine, a punishment.