“Putin and the alleged cancer? You can’t make a diagnosis on a photo, on the fact that he is gaining weight or taking cortisone, or who knows what else. A person can gain weight because he eats more from stress, just to give an example, or take cortisone for other pathologies. You can say anything you want “about the health events of Russian President Vladimir Putin, constantly in the spotlight since the conflict in Ukraine,” but there is no diagnosis over the phone “. This is the concept that Saverio Cinieri, national president of the Italian Association of Medical Oncology (Aiom), reiterates, even after the latest news about US intelligence reports that would confirm a possible advanced stage cancer for Putin, treated for April.
“We have read all kinds of them”, highlights the specialist at time.news Salute, referring to the rumors that have taken place in recent months. “There was even talk of deer blood”, he recalls, recalling a local press indiscretion, according to which the leader of Russia would be cured with packs of this type. “Something never heard of, it’s really the first time – observes Cinieri – We are at the level of legends, like Pompea’s donkey milk. The moral is that you can’t make a diagnosis like this”. No need to worry, concludes the number one of the AIOM. “I repeat: even if Putin was suffering from a tumor, we will never know”.