Cancer : "It was a highlight"model Alice Detollenaere talks about her return to sports after her double ablation

A great challenge that Alice Detollenaere took on. The friend of former swimmer Camille Lacourt will join the Défi d’Elles de Saint-Tropez, a three-day raid that includes 46km of running, swimming, biking or canoeing. In cooperation with the association hold the chestThis challenge aims to highlight prevention around breast cancer. The young woman, who contracted this disease and regained her health thanks to double ablation, spoke in the columns of our colleagues from Ankara. Parisian. He explains how sport has helped him rebuild and why prevention is necessary. “Les Défis d’Elles means something to my life as they are associated with ‘Keep A Chest’, an association working for breast cancer prevention”he said at the entrance. “The goal is to encourage women who are alive or just out of treatment to transcend themselves, to find resources. Self-transcendence, tests in pairs, that’s a lot like me. women’s self-exams are great, because that’s what saved my life.”, he continued. He provides the sport, “during and after illness”arranged for him “central place”.

“I am an ambassador for the Institut Gustave Roussy, the leading center in the fight against cancer in Europe, and I see that physical exercise is increasingly advocated. A few years ago, it was not necessary to talk about it specifically. But now it is emphasized that when it is supervised and controlled, it has more positive than negative benefits. It was so noticeable when I returned to the sport after my ablation. I cried when I applied for the first time. Sport lets you find the sensations.”, Alice Detollenaere assured. It also reveals the benefits that sports practice can have in the restructuring process. “A lot of clinical studies are currently being done to eliminate the toxicity of treatments through exercise. It ensures that the body does not become stiff or sedentary because muscle loss during treatments is very important. It takes a long time to get back to your old self, so you have to try to protect yourself. And the obvious psychological benefits too. we must not forget”, Marius’ mother explained. As a result, he wanted to reveal that it was possible to do sports even during treatment, provided that he worked with his doctor.

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