The reason Yoon Do-hyun belatedly revealed his fight against rare cancer “To give hope like Kim Woo-bin”
Yoon Do-hyun recalled his battle with a rare form of cancer on "Radio Star"
The March 6th broadcast of MBC’s “Radio Star” “featured Yoon Do-hyun, Lyn, Chungha and Park We.
During the broadcast, Kim Gook-jin asked, “Yoon Do-hyun, you battled cancer. Many people have been supporting you after you revealed the truth. Have you received a clean bill of health?“
Yoon Do-hyun replied, “The cancer cells are gone. But I feel like I still need to continue surveillance. Since we don’t know when the cancer might recur.”
The rare cancer diagnosis was gastric MALT lymphoma, which is not commonly diagnosed. Yoon Do-hyun explained that he found out about it through a health check-up. He said, “I didn’t have any symptoms, and I was confident that I was healthy.”
He continued, “At first, I was shocked. So I was also afraid and wondered how to tell others about it. I quietly underwent treatment without letting others know, with the mindset of overcoming it on my own. After coming out about my cancer, many people said sorry to me.”
Regarding cancer treatment, Yoon Do-hyun said, “I underwent medicine treatment first, but it didn’t work, so I had radiation therapy. I received treatment for about a month. After each session, I felt fine, so I thought, ‘It’s not a big deal.’ But after a day or two, my condition deteriorated. I vomited after eating my favorite food.”
He went on to say, “Radiation therapy gave me hope. They told me to come back for a check-up after six months. That’s when I received the clean bill of health.”
He then shared, “There was a photo of Kim Woo-bin in the doctor’s room. We received treatment from the same doctor. Kim Woo-bin said that he hoped to give hope to cancer patients once he eliminated all cancer cells during treatment. He also said that even one photo could become a great source of strength.“
Yoon Do-hyun confessed, “That’s why I revealed it (the cancer battle) later on. There were really many comments. Among them, there were a lot of comments from cancer patients or their family members. There were many comments saying I gave them courage.”
