{"id":18028,"date":"2022-12-07T19:01:22","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T19:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/george-fights-lung-cancer\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T12:37:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T12:37:27","slug":"george-fights-lung-cancer","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/news\/george-fights-lung-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"George Squillante lucha contra el c\u00e1ncer de pulm\u00f3n con una actitud positiva y los cuidados m\u00e1s avanzados"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>George hab\u00eda buscado atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica cuando la ronquera, la tos y las sibilancias le dificultaban hablar con los clientes en su trabajo de vendedor de neum\u00e1ticos y servicios mec\u00e1nicos. Ante la insistencia de su esposa Diane, acudi\u00f3 al <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/services\/urgent-care\/\">Southcoast Urgent Care<\/a> en Wareham y pronto se encontr\u00f3 en una ambulancia en direcci\u00f3n a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/locations\/charlton-memorial-hospital\/\">Hospital Charlton Memorial<\/a>. All\u00ed le diagnosticaron <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/services\/cancer-care\/lung-cancer\/\">c\u00e1ncer de pulm\u00f3n<\/a> tan avanzada que la cirug\u00eda no era una opci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unos a\u00f1os antes, era un diagn\u00f3stico que podr\u00eda haber dejado a George con apenas un a\u00f1o de vida. Pero <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/doctors\/sonia-seng-md\/\">Dra. Sonia Seng<\/a>M\u00e9dico Onc\u00f3logo de la <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/cancer-centers\/\">Centro Oncol\u00f3gico de Southcoast<\/a>La doctora de la Unidad de Inmunoterapia de la Universidad de Harvard, la doctora de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Harvard, realiz\u00f3 una serie de pruebas moleculares que revelaron una mutaci\u00f3n celular en sus tumores que era susceptible a un f\u00e1rmaco de inmunoterapia que en aquel momento era relativamente nuevo. Recomend\u00f3 seis semanas de quimioterapia para destruir las c\u00e9lulas cancerosas, seguidas de infusiones de inmunoterapia para entrenar al organismo a identificar y combatir el c\u00e1ncer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/George-S-3-1-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6602 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/George-S-3-1-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/George-S-3-1-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/George-S-3-1-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/George-S-3-1-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/George-S-3-1-scaled-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>\"Le dije: 'Me apunto, voy a dar una vuelta'\", recuerda George. \"Confiaba en ella\".<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gracias a la tecnolog\u00eda <a href=\"https:\/\/library.southcoast.org\/Search\/34,ALunT7\">inmunoterapia<\/a>desarrollado a lo largo de a\u00f1os de ensayos cl\u00ednicos internacionales con la participaci\u00f3n de m\u00e9dicos y pacientes de Southcoast Health, muchos de sus tumores se han reducido e incluso han desaparecido.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Es realmente un tratamiento milagroso\", dijo el Dr. Seng, que prescribi\u00f3 la terapia. \"Est\u00e1 prosperando con el tratamiento y tiene una calidad de vida excelente. Su c\u00e1ncer es ahora m\u00e1s bien una enfermedad cr\u00f3nica que hay que controlar\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Desde que empez\u00f3 el tratamiento, los tumores del h\u00edgado, los ganglios linf\u00e1ticos y la columna vertebral han desaparecido y el tumor del pulm\u00f3n es mucho m\u00e1s peque\u00f1o. Agradece el apoyo de Diane, t\u00e9cnico m\u00e9dico de <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/locations\/emergency-services-charlton\/\">Centro de urgencias del Charlton Memorial<\/a>y a sus nietos, Aiden Perry, de 16 a\u00f1os, y Gabriella Perry, de 14 a\u00f1os. Tambi\u00e9n elogia al Dr. Seng y a Southcoast Health por la atenci\u00f3n que siguen prestando. Cada tres semanas, sigue recibiendo inmunoterapia en el <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/locations\/southcoast-centers-cancer-care-fall-river\/\">Centro Oncol\u00f3gico de Southcoast<\/a> en Fall River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Es lo mejor de mi semana\", dice, y se\u00f1ala que todo el mundo es amable y que tiene afinidad con la enfermera que le administra las infusiones, Lisa Mancini, enfermera diplomada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El Dr. Seng afirma que la actitud positiva de George contribuye sin duda a su capacidad de curaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A sus 72 a\u00f1os, est\u00e1 jubilado del trabajo en el que cre\u00eda que trabajar\u00eda \"hasta que se me cayera la baba\" y sigue dependiendo de su mujer para que le lleve a donde tiene que ir, pero se alegra de lo que puede hacer. Este antiguo artista comercial y arquitecto dedica su tiempo a dibujar, observar los p\u00e1jaros en sus comederos, jugar con sus dos perros y mimar a los nietos que est\u00e1 criando con su mujer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"El c\u00e1ncer no venci\u00f3 mi esp\u00edritu\", dijo. \"Amo la vida, amo vivir y amo a la gente\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Para obtener m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre Southcoast Health Cancer Care, visite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/services\/cancer-care\/#\/slot-search\/specialtyGroup\/AFEC3CD7-9223-47A9-A94F-A705AC4BF909\">Oncolog\u00eda oncol\u00f3gica Southeastern MA | Southcoast Health<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":6599,"template":"","categories":[1231],"class_list":["post-18028","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patient-stories"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>George Fights Lung Cancer With a Positive Attitude &amp; State-of-the-Art Care - 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