Granados Chapa dies from cancer

• April 18, 2024

Miguel Angel Granados Chapa , journalist, lawyer, historian and political analyst, died on October 16 at 70 years of age, after a long struggle against the Cancer that started in 2007.

According to information published by the newspaper Excelsior , Granados Chapa had announced his retirement from journalism in his column Public plaza two days before, from where he said goodbye to ensure that it would be the last time he would meet his readers, after four decades in the press. "This is the last time we met. With that conviction I say goodbye ", he signed.

The three times winner of National Journalism Award He had suspended his column last September for several weeks because he was hospitalized, and finished his morning program on Radio Universidad.

The Cancer begins when the body forms cells new ones, as they are needed, to replace the cells aged that die.

Sometimes, new cells grow that are not necessary and the cells aged do not die when they should, so you're cells additional can form tumors , which can be benign or malignant .

The cells of the tumors malignant they can invade tissues close and can detach and spread to other parts of the body, which is called metastasis .

The symptom and the treatment depend on the type of Cancer and how advanced the disease is. The treatment may include surgery , radiation Ichemotherapy .

Before him diagnosis of the condition, the journalist said in an interview with the newspaper Reform, in 2008: "I will do my job whenever I can. I will not explicitly retire, until life withdraws me disease or death. "

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