The Belgian actress revealed in October 2023 on Instagram that she had a rare disease, adrenal gland cancer. A few months later, Emilie Dequenne announced that she had to undergo emergency surgery and chemotherapy. And last April, the 42-year-old actress announced the good news, she was in complete remission, but still under treatment. This Tuesday, August 27, 2024, the news is different. Still on Instagram, she revealed that she had to take time for herself and her health.
“Hello everyone! Unfortunately, I have to focus on my health again.”, she began her message. Subsequently, Émilie Dequenne explained: “For this reason, I will not be able to honor some of my upcoming obligations…“However, the actress does not let herself get down, she keeps her spirits up and remains positive. She continued by declaring: “I’ll keep you posted, and I hope to see you soon!“She wanted to thank all the people who thought of her.”Thank you again a thousand times for all your messages, full of love.”, she wrote. Before concluding: “I’ll be back”, “I will be back”, in French.
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His open-minded confidences about the disease
During the promotion of Survive At the 77th Cannes Film Festival, she spoke openly about her cancer to our colleagues at Parisianin an interview published on June 18. She explained how she discovered her illness. She had “stomach ache on set” and had to interrupt a reading because she was “too tired”. Before revealing: “Producer Diana Elbaum saved my life: thanks to her, I was taken to a private hospital in Brussels as an emergency, where they took a blood test and gave me a scan.“Emilie Dequenne also confided that she was operated on very quickly and that she underwent a series of treatments and chemotherapy. She admitted: “I was incredibly lucky. You should know that people with cancer wait ages for PET scans and chemo…”
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