上皇后さまが入院＝８日に乳がん手術

　上皇后さま（８４）は７日午前、東京都文京区の東大病院に入院された。８日午前１０時から左胸の乳がんの摘出手術を受ける予定。明らかな転移はなく、進行度は「ステージ１」で、乳房温存手術を予定している。入院は帯状ヘルペスと診断された１９９７年以来。
　上皇后さまは７日午前１０時１５分ごろに東大病院の入院棟玄関に車で到着し、瀬戸泰之病院長らに出迎えられ、歩いて病室へと向かった。宮内庁によると、上皇さまはお住まいの皇居・吹上仙洞御所で見送り、８日には付き添いのため東大病院を訪れる予定。
　手術は静岡県立静岡がんセンター乳腺外科の医師と、東大病院乳腺・内分泌外科の医師が協力して実施。全身麻酔で行い、がん組織と周辺を摘出する。麻酔を含め４時間ほどかかる見通し。
　上皇后さまは７月１２日の定期健康診断で左胸の乳腺に腫瘤（しゅりゅう）が見つかり、８月２日に組織検査を受けた結果、比較的早期の乳がんと診断された。（2019/09/07-11:17）

Japan's Empress Emerita Michiko was admitted to the University of Tokyo Hospital Saturday, ahead of her surgery for breast cancer slated for the following day.
   The 84-year-old former Empress, who has been diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer with no clear signs of metastasis, will undergo the operation to remove cancerous tissue from her left breast from 10 a.m. (1 a.m. GMT) Sunday. Her breast is planned to be conserved.
   It is the Empress Emerita' first hospitalization since being diagnosed with shingles in 1997.
   She arrived by car at the front entrance of the hospital in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward at around 10:15 a.m. Saturday, and was greeted by hospital director Yasuyuki Seto and others.
   According to the Imperial Household Agency, the former Empress' husband, Emperor Emeritus Akihito, saw her off at the Fukiage residence inside the Imperial Palace, where the two currently reside. The former Emperor plans to visit the hospital on Sunday.