A British journalist discovered a precancerous condition, thanks to an attentive spectator
Last reviewed: 16.10.2021
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The leader of many popular programs and the well-known journalist in the United States, Pierce Morgan, avoided the oncological complication after he listened to the advice of a mysterious televiewer who sent him a letter. The woman recommended that the leader urgently visit the doctor, and thereby saved him from a malignant tumor.
The journalist Morgan is best known for filming a whole series, consisting of separate episodes of serial criminals. After one of the shows, Pierce received a letter: a woman he did not know urgently recommended to visit a dermatologist or oncologist.
The TV viewer indicated that her name was Gillian Nathal, and that she had long been a fan of television journalist projects. She also noticed that she herself has a medical education and is practicing on melanoma treatment - one of the variants of cancers on the skin, and the most aggressive of them. Gillian urged the presenter to urgently conduct a diagnosis of the suspicious stain on the skin that she was able to see while watching the program. "Pierce, you may think me insane, but I noticed in one of the programs a stain in the area of your chest," the televiewer explained in a letter to the journalist.
As Morgan himself claims, he was surprised by such words, and he did not even know whether to react to them. But, after a moment's thought, the TV presenter decided that he had nothing to lose - why not really be surveyed? Pierce went to the doctor for a consultation. As further noted by the doctor, such a decision proved to be very sensible.
The dermatologist told that a well-known journalist asked for help in a timely manner, since the case could indeed become fatal. The spot represented a precancerous formation, which had all the chances to acquire a malignant course and transform into melanoma. The doctor explained the need for surgery, after which the stain was removed.
Melanoma is considered one of the most dangerous cancerous processes in the skin. The number of calls to doctors about melanoma is growing every year. If such a process is ignored and started, the result may be the death of the patient - this disease is aggressive and develops quickly enough. In addition, melanoma is characterized by an increased risk of rapid spread of metastases. This factor most often leads to a lethal outcome. Annually, more than 50,000 Americans are being treated for this malignant tumor.
In the case of a British journalist, the tumor was detected in time, until the stage of deep germination and spread to the lymph nodes. Therefore, education was removed without problems and complications.
At the moment it is not known whether Pierce Morgan has found a way to thank an attentive admirer for her advice, which, by and large, saved the journalist's life.
The case is described in the Daily Star.