제목 | 김정일 북한 국방위원장 췌장암 논란 /N. Korea's Kim Has Pancreatic Cancer(동아닷컴, AP) | ||
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글쓴이 | 동아닷컴,AP | 등록일 | 2009-07-14 |
출처 | 동아닷컴, AP | 조회수 | 1455 |
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분야 : 정치 2009.7.13(월) 11:39 편집 |
김정일 북한 국방위원장은 뇌졸중(뇌중풍)이외에 췌장암에도 걸린 걸까.
최근 평양체육관에서 열린 김일성 15주기 중앙추모대회에 참석한 김 위원장은 앞머리가 많이 빠진데다가 살이 많이 빠진 초췌한 얼굴이었다. 이와 관련, 일부 국내 전문가들은 김 위원장이 뇌졸중 이외에 췌장암에 걸려 생명이 위험한 상태라는 분석을 내놓고 있다. 김 위원장이 췌장암으로 항암제를 투여 받고 있는 상황이라면 항암제 부작용으로 인해 탈모 증세가 나타나고 구역 구토로 인해 살이 많이 빠진다.
췌장암은 복통 등 증세가 뒤늦게 나타나고 장기 위치가 깊숙이 있어서 말기에 발견되는 경우가 대부분이다. 수술 시기를 놓치고 항암 치료를 받는 경우가 많다. 췌장암 중에 머리 부분에 생긴 췌장암은 온몸이 노랗게 되는 황달도 동반되는데 이 경우엔 조기에 발견되기도 한다.
박세훈 삼성서울병원 혈액종양내과 교수는 "외모만 봐서는 췌장암 여부를 알 수 없지만 항암제 부작용은 탈모 이외에도 피부변색, 오심, 구토, 식욕감퇴, 체중감소 등이 나타난다"고 말했다.
늦게 발견되는 말기 췌장암은 수술이 불가능 하고 항암제 투여를 하게 되는데 일부 췌장암을 제외하고는 대부분 생존 기간이 6개월 정도로 짧아 암 중에서도 가장 지독한 암으로 알려져 있다.
그러나 앞쪽이 많이 빠진 김 위원장의 탈모 형태로 봤을 때 췌장암이 아닐 가능성이 높다는 의견도 있다.
류민희 서울아산병원 종양내과 교수는 "사진이나 동영상으로 드러난 김 위원장의 모습을 봤을 때는 항암제로 인해 머리가 빠지는 부작용은 아닌 것 같다"면서 "대개 항암제로 인한 탈모는 전반적으로 머리가 빠지거나 원형 탈모가 여기저기 생겨 듬성듬성 빠지는 형태"라고 지적했다.
김 위원장의 초췌한 모습이 기존에 앓고 있던 당뇨병 고혈압으로 인한 것이라는 지적도 나오고 있다.
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-------------------------------------------------------- 다음은 FOXNews http://www.foxnews.com 에 있는 -------------------------------------------------- Report: N. Korea's Kim HasPancreatic CancerMonday, July 13, 2009 KRT via Reuters July 8: North Korean leader Kim Jong Il during the 15th anniversary of the death of his father and country's founder Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang.
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has life-threatening pancreatic cancer, a news report said Monday, days after new images of him looking gaunt spurred speculation that his health might be worsening following a reported stroke last year.
The 67-year-old Kim was diagnosed with the cancer around the time he was felled by a stroke last summer, Seoul's YTN television reported, citing unidentified intelligence officials in South Korea and China.
The report cited the officials saying the disease is "threatening" Kim's life.
Click here for photos of Kim through the years.
Pancreatic cancer is usually found in its final stage, and considering Kim's age, he is expected to live no more than five years, the report said.
South Korea's spy agency said it could not confirm the report. Unification Ministry spokesman Chun Hae-sung told reporters he knows of nothing of the report.
Kim's health is a focus of intense media speculation due to concerns about instability and a power struggle if he were to die without naming a successor. His third and youngest son, Kim Jong Un, has widely been reported as being groomed as heir, but the regime has made no announcement to the outside world.
Monday's report came after Kim last week made a rare public appearance, in an annual memorial for his late father and North Korea's founder, Kim Il Sung.
Television footage showed him markedly thinner and with less hair — only the second state event he has attended in person since the reported stroke. He also limped slightly, and the sides of his tightlipped mouth looked imbalanced in what were believed to be the effects of a stroke.
The images touched off speculation that he could have other health problems. South Korea's spy agency has long suspected that Kim has diabetes and heart disease.
Medical doctor and professor Min Yang-ki of Seoul's Hallym University Medical Center has said diabetes usually leads to weight loss. The neurologist also said Kim's limping appears to be a result of a stroke. However, he said, overall it appeared Kim has recovered from that reported illness. Kim walked on his own into a Pyongyang auditorium for last week's memorial at a normal pace and bowed while standing during a moment of silence.
North Korea experts said the latest images of Kim show he is still fit enough to rule. The totalitarian leader, whose rule is buttressed by an intense cult of personality, knew that the people of North Korea would pay great attention to the memorial, and his appearance there is a message that he is in charge, Yang Moo-jin, a professor at Seoul's University of North Korean Studies, said last week.
Kim Jong Il took over North Korea after his father died in 1994 of heart failure at age 82, though he did not take on his father's title of president. He runs the North from his post as chairman of the National Defense Commission.
In early April, he presided over a parliamentary meeting where he was re-elected as leader.
The South's spy agency believes that Kim's 26-year-old youngest son, Jong Un, is sure to inherit North Korea, Seoul's Chosun Ilbo daily reported Monday, citing a recent report to the National Assembly by the National Intelligence Service.
The agency also reported that Kim Jong Il is expected to officially designate the son as his successor in 2012, the centennial anniversary of late national founder Kim Il Sung's birth, the paper said.
But the regime under the son is expected to be unstable and vulnerable to internal political strife as Kim Jong Il's brother-in-law, Jang Song Thaek, could attempt to snatch power, the paper said.
The spy agency declined to confirm the report. ------------------------------------------------
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