Marie, 39, suffering from breast cancer, was due to undergo surgery this Thursday after a first postponement due to the prioritization of interventions during the first wave of coronavirus.
While her operation was again postponed because of the epidemic, she said "the ambivalence" of her feelings at the microphone of Europe 1.
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"A certain ambivalence".
That's how Marie, 39, was diagnosed with breast cancer two years ago.
On Thursday, the young woman was due to undergo surgery - an removal of one breast and the reconstruction of the second.
But last Friday, she was warned of the cancellation of her intervention due to the coronavirus epidemic.
A second postponement, after the one announced to him during the first wave, in the spring.
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"Let's not forget the other patients"
"We understand the urgency of the health situation, but at the same time we have the impression that there is a kind of prioritization of care, prioritization of means to put everything on the Covid", comments the young woman, she - same doctor.
"Let's not forget the other patients. Cancer patients need continued care for them."
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Marie thus estimates that "there are possibly women for whom the postponement of the surgery will be prejudicial because one will perhaps not have all the criteria of gravity to formulate the prognosis" and to propose an adapted support.
The Rose up association, which defends the rights of cancer patients, calls on the Regional Health Agencies (ARS) to remind them that cancer surgeries must be considered as emergencies.