President Juan Manuel Santos has had a lot on his plate balancing his post as head of Colombia and trying his best to maintain good health. While we recently reported that the he may have relapsed from a cancerous tumor, it is now being reported that Santos has just been declared with a clean bill of health.
According to FOX News Latino, President Juan Manuel Santos has been declared cancer free. The Colombian President revealed that the tests performed last week found him free of "tumors or metastasis," allowing him to continue working and living his life normally.
Back in 2012, President Santos underwent successful surgery to extract a tumor from his prostate. Days later, the president said he had been given a clean bill of health. However, last week we reported Santos underwent tests at Bogota's Fundacion Santa Fe hospital which revealed that an increase in “prostate antigen,” a protein that when it becomes elevated becomes a marker for cancer patients.
Due to the results, Santos traveled to Johns Hopkins Oncology Center to conduct further testing. an increase in “prostate antigen,” a protein that when it becomes elevated becomes a marker for cancer patients.
The two tests performed on Santos "found no tumor mass present," Fundacion Santa Fe medical director Adolfo Llinas said. He also revealed that the latest round of tests used technology not available in Colombia that "reported the absence of active tumor masses with an even higher level of accuracy."
"With these findings, possible management options were considered and it was decided to keep monitoring the disease, which implies a close follow-up of prostatic antigen levels and new imaging in the future," the Llinas said.
The doctor also included that the treatment "includes support medication, while the other option of active treatment in case tests find a chemical progression of the disease will remain open," Llinas said.
President Santos will not receive hormone treatment or chemotherapy, but he will have one radiation session.
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