
Alessandro Di Battista revealed live on Di Tuesday on La7 that he had undergone surgery in Cuba for a brain tumor, explaining that the doctors had reduced the edema and removed almost all of the tumor, and that he is now undergoing treatment hoping that it will work.
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Alessandro Di Battista, former M5S deputy and well-known face in Italian politics, revealed live on television that he had undergone surgery in Cuba for a brain tumor.
"Every day I take back some spaces of freedom." In Cuba "I started to feel ill due to a cerebral edema due to the presence of a tumor that was found in me", "they immediately got the treatment right which reduced the edema allowing me to operate, they removed almost all of the tumor. Now I will do the treatment hoping that it will work. I am part of that club of Italian citizens who say 'why me". Alessandro Di Battista said this on Di Tuesday, on La7.
This plague of the 21st century has an advantage: it is democratic. I'm not one of those who says I'll make it, I have to get treatment and have a positive attitude.
The ones who must not give up are the doctors."

Alessandro Di Battista's illness was caused by cerebral edema due to a brain tumor. In Italy there are approximately 6,000 new diagnoses of brain tumors per year, equal to 1.6% of all tumors. The most affected are men. There is no early diagnosis; Symptoms vary depending on the area and size of the tumor. Glioblastoma is the most frequent malignant tumor in adults between 45 and 75 years of age, with an incidence of 3-4 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. Gliomas account for approximately 40% of adult brain tumors. Brain metastases originate from other organs. Treatment depends on the type, location and condition of the patient and may include surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy.

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