The Bumanguesa actress Marta Liliana Ruiz revealed a few weeks ago that she has oral cancer. On August 17, the woman went through the operating room and learned that the tumor “was bigger than I expected.”
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Ruiz explained that symptoms began in 2016 with a small muscle injury to his tongue that was removed by a surgical procedure. However, the cancer did not go away.
“In May the doctor gave me the news that I have oral cancer, fortunately it is the least aggressive type of cancer. The tumor occupies a quarter of the tongue and the way to eradicate the cancer is to remove it completely, including the edges, one centimeter on each side of the lesion “, narrate Ruiz in the program ‘La Xarxa’, on Canal Caragol.
Then the actress he had to undergo new surgery to remove the said part of his tongue and replace it with muscle of his arm.
Today begins a new life, a little quieter, but I receive it with open arms
“Here we are willing to fight and do everything, because I don’t want to have this in my body anymore and I want to get out of it as soon as possible,” expressed in the program ‘Day to Day’.
The actress underwent surgery in the past August 17th and, after the procedure, sent a message through his Instagram account.
“Yesterday when I arrived in the operating room I started to cry because I knew there were 38 years of career left here, today I cry from the emotion that gives me to read so many beautiful messages. The tumor was bigger than I was waiting and today a new life begins, a little quieter, but I receive it with open arms “, He wrote in a networking post.
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In this way, the actress announced the beginning of a ‘new life’ and, although she did not specify what her professional future will be, this delicate situation would make it difficult for her to return to the world of television.
It should be remembered that Ruiz’s last acting role on national television was in RCN’s ‘Nurses’ series.
Marta Liliana, 57 years old, made his first television appearance in 1984 in the soap opera ‘The Star of the Baum’.
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From that moment it began to be remembered by the Colombians thanks to other productions like “Camila” (1986), “Mrs. Isabel” (1993), “the woman in the mirror” (1997), “Your stereo voice” (2011) and ‘Perfect Lies’ (2013).
A few weeks ago I had spoken with the program ‘Bravíssimo’, on the channel ‘CityTv’. There he proved the emotion I had for being doing theater with the play ‘Calent Calent’, which addressed the issue of menopause.
God is in charge of telling you when to stop and only he knows if I will be back or not
“Over the years one begins to see things differently and to get rid of so much beast. One of these is to think that menopause is a stage in which one is like starting. No, it is entering a stage wonderful where one can do whatever one pleases and without giving an account to anyone “, Commented Ruiz.
In late July abandon this play with heartfelt words he shared on his social media.
“My work has always occupied a very special place in my life, but God is in charge of saying when to stop and only he knows if I will return or not.”, He wrote.
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