“I love you to heaven”. They fired the actress Alejandra Villafañe, who died at the age of 34 from serious, incurable cancer.. Family and friends gathered in Cali, Valle del Cauca, for his wake and subsequent funeral, an emotional moment as they mourned his untimely demise.
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The former queen of Valle del Cauca, a psychologist by profession, had undergone a series of chemotherapy treatments in the hope that her health would improve.. According to her, tumors were initially found in her breasts and right ovary. The situation became more and more complex as the months went by.
“We prayed very much that the miracle would happen”
The tribute to the life of the actress from La Ley del corazón, as her family called it, took place at a funeral home in Cali this Tuesday, October 24th.
“She was an entrepreneur, a warrior. She fought with courage until the last day, believing in God and the doctors. But when she realized that things were getting out of control, she understood that it was God’s will. We pray a lot for the miracle to happen, but the miracle happened for her when she was resting,” her uncle Joaquín Villafañe told local newspaper El País.
(In context: Relatives of Alejandra Villafañe travel to Cali to say goodbye to her in a private ceremony).
Her aunt Claudia emphasized the qualities she showed for art since childhood and which she classified as a “gift”. Since then, they have supported her throughout her modeling and acting journey and even more so when she found out about cancer.
Alejandra Villafañe was 34 years old,
“They performed the first operation; The tumor was benign until then. (…) She has always accepted her illness with great courage until recently when I saw her working in the clinic,” he added to the above-mentioned media.
Villafañe’s remains will rest in Cali after his loved ones’ private ceremony. Previously, friends and colleagues from the small screen honored her in Bogotá.
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What cancer did Alejandra Villafañe have?
The actress shared details of her process on her social media.
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Screenshot @alejavillafane
The actress from the film “The Yuppie and the Stew” revealed one of her episodes with cancer in February 2023: “One day they told me I had a miracle in my breast, a miracle in the other and a very big miracle in my right one Ovary.” . , (yes, I prefer to call them miracles, teachers or some not so well received friends)”.
According to her letter, they were tumors in the breasts and ovaries that had made her wonder about the essence of life itself: “Why, after having worked so consciously on myself for the last two years? What else did I have? What should I learn?” I asked myself, I repeat…titi…va…carefully…”
The specific diagnosis was “a germ cancer that would continue to grow.” and “there was no way to cure it,” said his aunt Claudia Villafañe for the show Lo Sé Todo.
In the last video he shared with the song “Sabor a mí” and black and white images, he took a tough step through the treatment. Her boyfriend Raúl Ocampo cut her hair amid raw emotions.
(See: Alejandra Villafañe: These are the symptoms of the breast and ovarian cancer she suffered from).
Germ cell tumors occur in reproductive cells such as the ovary. Malignant tumors form there and can spread throughout the body, meaning they can metastasize, explains the United States National Cancer Institute.
Treatment mainly consists of surgery and chemotherapy. According to the medical literature In order for the patient to be disease-free, the tumor must be completely removed.
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There are four stages of this disease: 1. when the tumor is removed; 2, “when the tumor is removed by surgery but some microscopic cells remain; 3 if the tumor has spread to the lymph nodes and 4 if the tumor has spread to other parts of the body,” notes St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Depending on the stage of the disease, The cure rate can be higher: 90% when it comes to stages 1 and 2; 87% for level 3 and 82% for level 4.
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