Second cancer shock for Hong Kong actress Kristal Tin. How does disease strike?
Tin says in a social media post cancer cells were found in her lymph nodes, more than a year after she was diagnosed with early-stage lung cancer
Hong Kong artiste Kristal Tin Yui-lee has revealed on social media that cancer cells were found in her lymph nodes, more than a year after being diagnosed with early-stage lung cancer, drawing renewed attention to the disease.
A former leading actress at TVB after starting her career at the now defunct ATV, the 48-year-old has shifted her focus in recent years to screenplays and online media. She won the best lead actress award in 2024 for her role as a wife in Big Divorce Day, a theatre production looking at a failing marriage from the perspectives of both spouses.
In a Facebook post on Friday, Tin revealed she had been diagnosed with cancer after Chinese New Year but said she was well supported by her husband, actor Chapman To Man-chak, her oncologist at a Taiwan hospital and a Buddhist master.
The South China Morning Post looks at the complications caused by lymph node cancer.
1. How did cancer strike Kristal Tin?
Tin revealed that she had a persistent low fever at the end of last year and suspected it was a bacterial infection. She said she underwent a lymph node biopsy after Chinese New Year, which confirmed cancer cells in her body.