Qiu Yuanyuan, 26, of Zhengzhou, had declined treatment while pregnant
Game show presenter died exactly 100 days after giving birth to her son
Husband says she 'understood that not everything in life can be perfect'
A Chinese television presenter who refused chemotherapy treatment after discovering she had cancer when she was pregnant has died.
Qiu Yuanyuan, 26, of Zhengzhou, Henan, who had declined treatment while pregnant to avoid it harming her unborn baby, died exactly 100 days after giving birth to her son, Niannian.
The former chess game show host learned she was pregnant in March - but the results of a physical exam found she had a late-stage malignant tumour, according to reports in China.
She decided to stop her treatment to protect her baby, but the cancer then spread around her body – and she was admitted to hospital in September when her conditioned worsened.
There, she gave birth by Caesarean section in September to Niannian, who had only been in her womb for seven months and weighed about 3lbs upon his arrival.
The mother then had an operation to remove the tumour and 20 days of chemotherapy - but it was too late to save her and she died last week.
Her husband Zhang Qixuan told the Zhengzhou Evening News: ‘After getting married, becoming a mother was her biggest wish. She chose to save our child. She understood that not everything in life can be perfect. And she said she had never regretted her decision.’
Death: The former chess game show host learned she was pregnant in March - but the results of a physical exam found she had a late-stage malignant tumour, according to reports in China
Zhengzhou Evening News - 高清：郑州美女主播患癌放弃化疗 生宝宝后去世
Source: the Mail
