The theater actor Wladimir Yordanoff suddenly disappeared at 66, the unforgettable Screech of “Saved by the Gong”, Dustin Diamond, carried away at 44, the star dancer Patrick Dupond who died a few days before his 62 years …
All have in common to have been carried away in a few months by a “lightning disease” or “dazzling”. But what is behind these terms? Cancer ? Another pathology?
If we are talking about cancer, some are indeed deemed to be more aggressive than others, such as pancreatic cancer, inflammatory breast cancer or triple negative breast cancer, but they can affect all types of tumors, with a strong potential to form metastases: the thyroid, the kidneys, the prostate …
Other “fulgurating” diseases
Nearly 468,000 cancers were diagnosed in France last year. If prostate and breast cancers are the most frequent, it is lung cancer which is the most fatal in men and breast cancer in women, ahead of colorectal and prostate cancer. according to the latest figures from Public Health France.
Other pathologies are considered “fulgurating”: meningococcal meningitis, necrotizing fasciitis, acute pancreatitis, septicemia … They can kill patients in just a few hours.
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