(Adnkronos) - Tornare al lavoro per le donne con tumore al seno metastatico è possibile. La storia naturale della malattia è cambiata nel corso degli anni come spiega Carmelo Bengala, direttore dell’Unità operativa complessa dell’Oncologia medica 1 dell’azienda ospedaliera universitaria Pisana, descrivendo la prospettiva di un ritorno completo alla normalità grazie a terapie innovative, per una malattia che è diventata curabile con meno effetti collaterali e tempi di efficacia più rapidi e prolungati.
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00:00It is possible to return to work for women with metastatic breast tumors, and it is noteworthy that the natural history of the disease has changed over the years, as explained by Carmelo Bengala, Director of the Complex Operating Unit of Oncology Medica Uno of the Italian Medical Association.
00:20the natural history of the disease has changed over the years, as explained by Carmelo Bengala, Director of the Complex Operating Unit of Oncology Medica Uno of the Italian Medical Association,
00:32describing the prospect of a complete return to normality thanks to innovative therapies for a disease that has become curable, with fewer side effects and longer effective times.
00:44It is clear that the new therapies are so active that they allow rapid responses, which means a regression of the disease, sometimes in association with support therapies such as pain therapy,
00:59all this allows that from the beginning, from the first months of treatment, the woman can and must resume a normal working life.
01:11These new therapies have faster and longer effective times.
01:15This time of progression is extremely prolonged thanks to the new treatments compared to the previous, the old treatments.
01:26So we can expect, unfortunately, moments in which the disease becomes resistant, but certainly in times more than doubled compared to the drugs that were used previously.
01:38Therefore, the possibility of prolonging the duration of the effectiveness of the treatment allows to maintain a normal quality of life.
01:52And among other things, being a very rapid therapeutic innovation, it is possible that after 3-4 years of a certain type of treatment there are such innovations,
02:05for which it is possible to have new therapeutic opportunities that 4 years earlier were not yet available.
02:14More information on the topic can be found on the website E-Tempo di Vita, a project promoted by Novartis to support all women with advanced breast cancer.