Popular Italian television
presenter Nadia Toffa returned to hit Mediaset show 'Le Iene' on
Sunday, two months after a bad term that alarmed her fans, and
revealed that she was in remission after suffering from cancer.
"I had a cancer," Toffa says.
"Over that last few months I've been having treatment.
"First I had surgery, then chemotherapy, then radiotherapy.
"The operation completely removed the tumour, but it was
possible that a small cell remained, so I followed the doctor's
advice and had the treatment.
"Now it's all over. I finished the radio and chemo on
February 6.
"I just lost a few kilos. I'm not ashamed of the fact that
I'm wearing a wig. This isn't my real hair".
Le Iene is a long-standing show that mixes investigative
reporting with comedy.
Health Minister Beatrice Lorenzin was among the many who
praised Toffa for coming out about her treatment and stressing
how important standard therapies like chemo and radio were.
"Don't trust charlatans" who peddle alternative remedies, she
said.
The Italian society of medical oncologists also thanked
Toffa, saying radio and chemio were the "bastions of treatment".
Eevery day 1,000 Italins discover they have cancer and more
than half will survive thanks to surgery, radio and chemio, it
said.
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