Excerpts of column Runrunes (Rumors)/ RUNRUNES

Furthermore, the treatment, with increasing doses of chemotherapy, should continue to prevent the primary tumor from spreading to other sites in his body. The very Head of State admitted it as he explained that "the risk prevails; therefore, chemotherapy was needed, and should continue in the next few weeks... I have no doubt that chemotherapy will lead to my full recovery." Nevertheless, his week in Cuba was "tough" and "hard," he conceded. Such an assertion shows that there is still fear that the primary cancer could progress more than what was known. The aim, as in any similar patient, is to block the replication of cancerous cells and try to attain remission of the disease ( more...)/ Además que el tratamiento con más dosis de quimioterapias deberá continuarse para evitar la propagación del tumor primario a otras partes del cuerpo, tal y como lo confesó el mismo jefe de estado al explicar "que el riesgo persiste y que por eso hubo que iniciar la quimioterapia, que deberá continuar en las próximas semanas...no tengo duda de que (la quimioterapia) me conduce a la plena recuperación" al haber admitido, sin embargo, que su semana en Cuba fue "dura" y difícil". Esta aceptación es indicativa del temor que persiste de que el cáncer primario pueda avanzar más de lo que ya se supo ( más...)