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Top Chef Alum Reveals Truly Unfair Cancer Diagnosis

Shirley Chung has some heartbreaking news with her followers. Taking to Instagram on Friday, the 47-year-old restauranter who competed on Season 11 and

Shirley explained her health battle began in December of last year after she started experiencing a bunch of dental issues. In June, she “broke down” in tears when her oncologist gave her only two treatment options — either remove 100 percent of her tongue or to be one of the very rare few to be cured through chemotherapy and radiation. I am learning to lean on others, to let go, to be more vulnerable ….. it took me 2 weeks of contemplating to decide to tell my parents about my cancer, only my close circle of friends and my sister have known until now.

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