President Luiz Inácio da Silva () and First Lady Rosângela Lula da Silva visited this Saturday (13) federal deputy Roseana Sarney (MDB-MA), who is undergoing treatment for .
The congresswoman and her party’s social media profiles published a photo of the visit.
According to the post, “the meeting was marked by gestures of affection, words of hope and confidence on the path to healing. Surrounded by expressions of support and solidarity, Roseana remains strengthened by faith, affection and everyone’s support.”
The federal deputy has been posting updates on her social network about her health status and how she has been during treatment for
The former governor of Maranhão announced in August that she was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer. In the last three videos, published between October and November, she appeared with her head already shaved after chemotherapy, thanking the support she has received online.
“It has not been easy to face triple negative breast cancer. I want to thank you for your love, messages and prayers. We are in Pink October. The sooner the tumor is discovered, the greater the chances of a cure”, she said in a video published on Instagram.
Triple negative breast cancer represents, on average, 15% of breast cancer cases worldwide.
According to information from Oncoguia, it differs from other types of invasive breast cancer in that it grows and spreads more quickly, has limited treatment options and has a worse prognosis. Therefore, chemotherapy is often used to treat triple negative breast cancer.
The term refers to the fact that cancer cells do not have estrogen or progesterone receptors and do not produce the HER2 protein. This is a protein that helps breast cancer cells grow quickly.
According to Gilberto Amorim, a breast cancer specialist at Oncologia D’Or, there is a group of tumors classified as triple negative, which represent a challenge because the diagnosis is not simple and the patients are not candidates for hormonal blockade and anti-HER2 therapy. “This conjunction of three negative biological variables brings an understanding that this may be a cancer with more aggressive characteristics”, he says.
