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| Argentine President 'Does Not have Cancer' |
| 2012-01-08 |
| [An Nahar] Medical tests performed after Argentine President Cristina Kirchner had her thyroid removed in a three and a half hour operation found that she did not have cancer as initially believed, her front man said Saturday. A final examination of the tissue removed "confirmed the presence of nodules in both lobes of the president's thyroid gland, but it ruled out the presence of cancer cells, thus modifying the initial diagnosis," Kirchner's front man Alfredo Scoccimarro said. With the new diagnosis, Kirchner's medical team "considers that the surgical treatment undertaken is sufficient and the administration of radioactive iodine is no longer necessary," Scoccimarro said. He said Kirchner, 58, had been released from hospital and was convalescing at her official residence. Kirchner, who has taken a medical leave until January 24, has been replaced in the interim by Vice President Amado Boudou, who recently assumed office. Surgeons removed Kirchner's thyroid in a Wednesday operation after a biopsy performed at the end of December had resulted in a diagnosis of thyroid cancer. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 I'd bet they did a biopsy only. They may have been incorrect about thyroid removal. "surgical treatment undertaken is sufficient". Anonymoose you may have the correct answer. It is hoped anyway. Radioactive iodine can turn a thyroid into a monster for a normal person taking a stress test. |
| Posted by: Dale 2012-01-08 18:28 |
| #5 A few things: First of all, maybe CancerSat 1 in geosynchronous orbit over South America, is defective. Second, radioactive iodine is used to kill off overactive thyroid tissue, not for chemotherapy. Third, doing a Total Thyroidectomy without just removing a nodule for biopsy first seems a little hasty. These days, some cancer surgeries can take several hours, because they are done very gradually, taking just a bit of tissue off at once and biopsying it, to make sure they get all of it, but with a minimum of healthy tissue. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2012-01-08 14:07 |
| #4 Got any new theories, Hoogo? |
| Posted by: gorb 2012-01-08 11:58 |
| #3 Now that her Thyroid has been removed she will have to take thyroid hormone T4 the rest of her life. There is more to it than just T4. Shame that this happened. Being hypo can be managed. We may see changes in her but if it is managed well perhaps not. This has not been a good start. |
| Posted by: Dale 2012-01-08 09:05 |
| #2 No cancer, but she does have marx, engals, and peron. |
| Posted by: newc 2012-01-08 08:04 |
| #1 Somebody in Halliburton is going to get fired over this. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2012-01-08 06:43 |