Recovering China cancer woman almost dies of weight loss after trying to ‘starve’ her tumours, shocks mainland social media


By Fran Lu

Mother has successful cancer surgery, daughter visits, shocked at weight loss. Believes myth that eating well nourishes cancer, doctors tell her to ‘believe in science’. — SCMP

The story of a woman in China who was recovering from cancer and tried to “starve” her tumours to death so that the disease would not recur has shocked mainland social media.

The woman, surnamed Xu, lost 22kg in six months and saw her weight slump to just 43kg with a body mass index (BMI) of just 16.3.

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