Toby Keith, dies at 62 after stomach cancer diagnosis
Country singer Toby Keith died at the age of 62 on Monday night, more than two years after he was diagnosed with stomach cancer.
Keith was announced on X in June 2022, having already received chemotherapy, radiation and surgery. Then last June, she found her tumor shrunk by a third and she continued chemotherapy. She also received immunotherapy, she said — medication that helps the immune system destroy cancer cells.
His death has sparked renewed calls for doctors to pay attention to the symptoms of stomach cancer, which include heartburn, acid reflux, anemia, nausea, ulcers, pain after eating, sudden weight loss or small amounts of weight. It involves feeling full after eating.
“A lot of these things are relatively harmless. But certainly with cancer, it affects you in similar ways,” said Dr. Fabian Johnston, division chief of gastrointestinal oncology at Johns Hopkins Medicine.
Johnson said doctors and patients may dismiss symptoms like acid reflux as harmless, which can delay diagnosis. By the time symptoms appear, many people’s disease has already progressed, he said.
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