As part of the Lille Series Mania festival, actress Marcia Cross confided in her rectal cancer, which was caused by the papillomavirus. In remission since 2018, he wants to inform about this still very little known disease.
After delighting millions of viewers in the iconic series Desperate Housewives American actress, 60-year-old Marcia Cross, in spite of herself, has taken on another role: the spokesperson for a disease that is still very taboo. anal cancer (also called rectal cancer). It was in 2017 that the actress contracted the still little-known disease, which affects around 1,000 people in France each year, according to the Institut Curie. Heading to Lille for the Series Mania festival on Tuesday, March 21, the sexagenarian, now in remission, spoke publicly about her experience at the conference and assured her desire to destigmatize this cancer.
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“Who has anus in the room?”
“It’s not cancer that’s easy to talk about, Marcia Cross gets right down to it with her audience. I didn’t dare to say. Nobody wants to be the mouthpiece for anal cancer.” In November 2017, during a routine gynecological examination, the American actress learned that she was suffering from this disease, which here was caused by the papillomavirus, which also affected her husband, who had throat cancer.
Marcia Cross chose humor to tell her story. “Anyway, it’s crazy, I’m playing a psychotic woman and I’m getting the worst cancer in the world,” quips she, who played Bree, the WASP (Anglo-Saxon for White and Protestant) par excellence on the small screen.
“Who has anus in the room? We don’t dare to talk about the anus, but I… I can talk about the anus for hours, because I’m very happy that I have it, and it’s good,” sums up the actress. Thanks to an early diagnosis, her cancer could have been cured quickly, and today she no longer shows any signs of the disease. If detected early, this disease is effectively treated 9 times out of 10, the National Cancer Institute states on its website.
Symptoms that should not be ignored
Realizing her good fortune, Marcia Cross intends to take every opportunity to educate her public about this cancer from now on. “I wish I could say I was brave enough to talk about it, but basically I had no choice,” she says, before stressing the importance of getting tested by a doctor.
On its platform, the National Cancer Institute reminds of the symptoms to be aware of. state Age also increases the risk. According to the data of the health organization, 9 out of 10 victims are over 50 years old.
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Source: Le Figaro
