“Today I had to drop the antenna to get back in the ring and fight cancer for the second time!“Matthieu Lartot decided to explain his illness with these powerful words he posted on his Instagram account. The journalist from France Télévisions caused a relapse of the knee cancer he first treated as a teenager.”26 years later, history is unfortunately misfiring. The probability of this happening was 1-5%, and it did. It’s going to shake very hard, but I’m ready and well surrounded.“
Matthieu Lartot spoke in more detail in an interview with the newspaper the day after his announcement. Parisian this Wednesday, April 19th. Rugby commentator relied on the nature of his illness:It is a sarcoma, a rare and aggressive tumor that affects soft tissues. He returned to the series after many years. Here we go again.“Despite the low risk of recurrence, the oval ball specialist was therefore a victim of a recurrence:”After the fight against cancer, we are generally considered to be in complete remission for more than 5 years. Obviously I was in this situation, but when it first happened to me in 1997, I had received very powerful treatments, especially radiotherapy. Sometimes this can lead to a relapse. According to the medical profession, that’s probably what happened to me.“
“I was in pain during the coverage of the last Six Nations Tournament (from February 4 to March 18, editor’s note).“, continues Matthieu Lartot, who learned the news less than a month ago: “I grit my teeth a bit to finish, and then I went to take some exams. Unsurprisingly, the results weren’t good.“Now a new challenge awaits the host against the disease. 2nd stage : “Chemotherapy will be first. And then in a second, pretty heavy surgery on the sick limb.“
While the next Rugby World Cup will be held in France from 8 September to 28 October, Matthieu Lartot is unsure if he will be back in time to narrate the competition on the microphone of France Télévisions:At best it will be difficult to return before September or October. Although I want to be optimistic, I know that beyond the treatments, it will be a very heavy rehab. We’ll see.“Still, the 43-year-old player does not lose hope:”I do not forbid myself anything. We look at my mood and my body’s reaction. If I can, I will. I will do my best for you. But I don’t want to rush things either. These are diseases in which we should listen to each other.“
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Source: Programme Television
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