ビヨンセの父、乳がん闘病を告白　７月に手術

【ロサンゼルスＡＦＰ＝時事】米ポップ界の歌姫ビヨンセの父、マシュー・ノウルズさん（67）が乳がん闘病を告白し、男性に検診に行くよう強く促した。（写真はビヨンセの父のマシュー・ノウルズさん）
　レコード会社の重役であるノウルズさんは米ＡＢＣテレビの番組「グッド・モーニング・アメリカ」での２日のインタビューで、自身の病気について語った。ノウルズさんは妻と共にシャツやシーツにたびたび血の染みが付いているのに気が付き、今年の夏に乳がんと診断されたという。
　７月の最後の週に手術を受け、現在「調子はとても良い」と話したノウルズさんは、「私が今日ここに来て率直に話すことで、乳がんは克服できるが早期に発見しなければいけないことを皆に伝えたい、この言葉をいくら強調しても強調しすぎることはない」と述べた。
　また、ノウルズさんは、黒人男性は特に乳がんになるリスクが高く、男性も意識して検査を受けることが極めて重要だと述べた。
　米疾病対策センターによると、米国では毎年女性約２４万５０００人、男性約２２００人が乳がんと診断され、毎年女性約４万１０００人、男性約４６０人が乳がんが原因で亡くなっている。
　１０月はがん啓発月間となっている。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2019/10/04-08:55）

Mathew Knowles, the father of pop diva Beyonce, has revealed his battle with breast cancer and urged other men to get tested for the disease.
The 67-year-old music executive discussed his illness in an interview on Good Morning America Wednesday, saying he was diagnosed earlier this summer after he and his wife noticed recurring dots of blood on his shirts and on their bedsheets.
Of all the things I could get, why would I get this? he said, describing his initial reaction. From a man's perspective, I'm thinking, why me?
Knowles said he underwent surgery the last week of July and was now doing really good.
I'm hoping by me coming here today, speaking out, letting folks know that you can survive this but it has to be early detection, and I can't overemphasize the word early, he told Good Morning America host Michael Strahan.
Knowles added that his battle with cancer has changed his outlook on life and that his type of cancer means he is also at high risk of getting melanoma as well as prostate and pancreatic cancer.
This is genetics, said Knowles, who managed Beyonce from the late 1990s until they amicably cut business ties in 2011.
It also means that my kids have a higher chance, a higher risk, even my grandkids have a higher risk. And they handled it like they should. They went and got the test, he said.
Knowles said it was essential that men, especially black men, who are more at risk of getting breast cancer, be more aware and get tested.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, each year about 245,000 women and about 2,200 men are diagnosed with breast cancer.
About 41,000 women and 460 men in the US die each year from breast cancer.
October is breast cancer awareness month.