Toscani 'a warrior' against disease says doctor

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 28 - Oliviero Toscani is a "warrior" against the terminal disease that has struck him down and caused him to shed 40kg in the last year, his doctor said Wednesday after the legendary ex Benetton photographer told Corriere della Sera he was thinking of ending his own life.
    "Oliviero is an extraordinary patient, aware, a real warrior against the disease," said cardiologist Michele Emdin, a lecturer at the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa and the director of he cardio-thoracic department of the Fondazione Monasterio.
    "This morning I wrote him a message after reading his interview with the Corriere to remind him that amyloidosis is a tough disease for all patients, but it can be treated and he is undergoing treatment with great strength." Emdin added that scientific research was making "great progress" on the disease, which is due to the formation of abnormal proteins in the body.
    "It's a pathology that can be treated, and early diagnosis in decisive, as in Oliviero's case". (ANSA).