24cm resection due to esophageal cancer..I was scared by the 15kg drop

By Yoona, Jeong

Apr 26, 2025

24cm resection due to esophageal cancer..I was scared by the 15kg drop



Actor Heo Yoon-jung confessed that she had surgery for esophageal cancer five years ago.

In MBN 'Im Sung-hoon's Star Gene X File', which aired on the 26th, Heo Yoon-jung appeared and confessed that she was fighting cancer.

On this day, Heo Yoon-jung was diagnosed with esophageal cancer and operated on it in 2020. The fact that I had esophageal cancer for the first time made me feel like the sky was collapsing"There were not many symptoms. As I was swallowing food, I felt (food) caught on the right side. So I went to the hospital and they said it was esophageal cancer. It is said that the time to do (surgery) with an endoscope has passed, he recalled.




Although chemotherapy was urgent, Heo Yoon-jung chose esophageal resection.

24cm resection due to esophageal cancer..I was scared by the 15kg drop
Heo Yoon-jung cut about 24cm of the esophagus, saying, `I've seen my father suffer a lot from chemotherapy.' He/she drew his/her stomach and then attached it (instead of the esophagus)," causing regret.

In response, Lee Kwang-ki worried about the aftereffects, saying "It is not easy to remove organs from the body," while Heo Yoon-jung said "The absence of an esophagus means that there is no sphincter." At first, I drank water, leaned down, and everything was refluxed. I couldn't even eat, I just threw up. I lost 200g every day, so I lost about 15kg a month. I was scared."




Heo Yoon-jung then said about her current health condition, "'I'm continuing to follow up and examine it, and so far, they've told me it's very good.'" "We have six months to go until the decision to cure completely."," he said with a smile.



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