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Metastatic breast cancer: return to life with recipes signed by Chiara Maci

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According to a survey by the National Screening Observatory (ONS), there were over 600,000 fewer mammography tests due to the pandemic in 2020. An estimated 2,800 breast cancer diagnoses are lost. Numbers behind which there are people who get sick and are unable to take care of themselves as they could, but who want to live more than ever. The new edition of “It’s time for life”, the information campaign promoted by Novartis Italia and created in collaboration with Salute Donna Onlus, which brings good food, yoga and creativity directly to the homes of women living with cancer, responds to this need. advanced breasts and which, due to the pandemic, have had to face the difficulties of isolation and new obstacles in the management of the disease.

The effect of the pandemic

According to the survey carried out by the National Screening Observatory (ONS) which compared the examinations carried out in the period between January 1st and September 30th 2020 with the fees of 2019, As regards mammography screening, fewer patients are were 947,322 (-34.5%), tests performed in less than 610,803 (-43.5%), the accumulated delay equal to 3.9 standard months while the estimate of lost breast cancer diagnoses stood at 2,793. A direct consequence of being away from the wards, of isolation, of the fear of contracting Covid, of the change in treatment and assistance paths. “Now it is important to encourage a full return to care as soon as possible and support women in getting closer to the wards and the hospital, a place that can still arouse fear and concern today”, she declares Paolo Marchetti, Director of Medical Oncology B, Policlinico Umberto I and Sant’Andrea University Hospital, Ordinary Oncology, Sapienza University of Rome. “Returning to treatment means not only fully resuming the therapeutic path upset by the pandemic, but recovering a multidisciplinary approach to assistance, essential for responding to the needs of patients in the daily management of the disease in its many facets”.

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Recover the diagnostic delay

Compared to the beginning of the pandemic, today the situation is different because hospitals have organized themselves and are trying to make up for diagnostic delays, for example in screening. “All the organizational processes that have been carried out in recent months to improve performance and reduce risks have led to the resumption of diagnostic and clinical activity with the same intensity as before and have also made it possible to reassure patients, who are less afraid of go to the hospital, ”he explains Filippo de Braud, Professor of Medical Oncology at the University of Milan, Director of the School of Specialties in Oncology at the University of Milan, Director of the Oncohematology Department of the IRCCS National Cancer Institute. “Today women have the perception that hospitals are safe places, because there are frequent screenings, careful checks on doctors and health personnel, who have undergone anti-Covid vaccination for months now.”

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The right to care

It is essential for all patients to feel they have points of reference to turn to in order to find concrete answers to their daily needs. “Never as in this pandemic period – he points out Annamaria Mancuso, president of Salute Donna onlus – the right to be treated becomes important. Many women have risked being fired due to too many absences from work especially in this era, where disability is experienced as a burden and not as a resource to be valued. We think of the disabled only when there is visible mutilation, but in oncology this is not always the case. There is a long way to go in making institutions understand these concepts and our world. This is one of the tasks of Women’s Health and of all associations like ours, which arise from a personal experience ”.

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Don’t miss the opportunity for treatment

Continuing to treat and control themselves is even more important today, given that for several years the survival of women with breast cancer has improved by about 1% every year. “In Italy today, the estimated 5-year survival from diagnosis is about 87-90%, with some discrepancies affecting the older age groups”, continues De Braud. “This happens despite the fact that the incidence has not decreased, because screenings have increased the diagnostic capacity, leading to the identification and treatment of tumors that are not clinically evident. Timely diagnosis, together with innovations and therapeutic advances, have led to a survival advantage, because treating diseases better identified early certainly has a positive impact on the probability of recovery ”.

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Metastatic breast cancer

There are about 800 thousand Italian women who today live with a diagnosis of breast cancer, including 37 thousand with metastatic breast cancer. The estimated incidence of advanced breast cancer is 14,000 cases per year, of which 3,400 already metastatic at onset. But this advanced staging doesn’t mean you have to give up on fighting. “Today, advanced or metastatic breast cancer is a treatable, if not curable, disease. Thanks to targeted therapies, made possible by the profound knowledge of the molecular biology of the tumor, the prospects of survival have increased and it is possible to keep the disease under control even for a long time “he explains Saverio Cinieri, director of the Medical Oncology department of the Perrino hospital in Brindisi and Aiom elected president. “Advanced breast cancer often affects young women, in the middle of their family and work life path. The offer of therapeutic opportunities must therefore go hand in hand with multidisciplinary paths and projects, able to meet the multiple needs of patients in terms of managing the disease and maintaining a good quality of life “.

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Back to life with online lessons

Breast cancer, together with prostate cancer, was the first cancer for which a personalized approach to treatment was introduced not only for what concerns the choice of the drug but also the specific characteristics of each woman, from a psychological point of view. and emotional, to grasp the uniqueness and needs that concern the many aspects of life such as beauty, nutrition, love, work and family. Aspects that are at the heart of the ‘It’s time for life’ project. Among the novelties in the program, the Facebook page @tempodivita will host the “Life Academy” until October, a series of online lessons, curated by couples of influencers and experts and divided into ‘Gusta’, ‘Pensa’ and ‘Ispira’ lines. A series of events that through recipes, yoga exercises, illustrations and creative games want to support and involve women with breast cancer, to rediscover moments of well-being and quality time, starting with the rediscovery of the pleasure of good food.

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My Cooking Box

A focus on nutrition, which has always been in the DNA of the project and which this year is renewed with a special initiative. Thanks to the partnership with ‘My Cooking Box’, ‘È tempo di vita’ brings home to women with breast cancer all the ingredients and instructions to make a healthy and tasty recipe, created for them by the food and wine expert and TV face Chiara Maci and by the biologist and nutritionist of the National Cancer Institute of Milan Anna Villarini. The special box ‘È tempo di vita’ is available for online purchase on the website www.mycookingbox.it, with shipping throughout Italy. Over 800 boxes will be intended for patients and distributed free of charge through Salute Donna Onlus.

Live Talks

To encourage an informal exchange of experiences, information and advice, the campaign’s Facebook page @tempodivita will host a series of Live Talks from April to October, which will cross Italy because they will host four Breast Units from different Italian regions. Oncologists, flanked by other experts in multidisciplinary fields such as psychologists, gynecologists and nutritionists, will sit in the virtual living room close to the patients and talk to each other online, opening the dialogue to the testimonies and questions of all the participants. “Taking care of oneself, of one’s loved ones, carving out moments of well-being, not giving up on work and one’s passions, are fundamental elements to allow patients and their families to live at their best. I believe that projects like this can make a concrete contribution to support women living with breast cancer and help them find important moments of well-being and balance ”, concludes Mancuso.

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