Shirley Chung of Top Chef fame is opening up about her tongue cancer diagnosis. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos: Chfshirleychung via Instagram, Danny Moloshok/Reuters) A few months later, and a year after she first started experiencing symptoms ...

"Top Chef" alum Shirley Chung is battling stage 4 tongue cancer. The 47-year-old chef shared an emotional health update with fans after she suffered from a "series of dental issues." "Since last year December, I had a series of dental issues, I bit my ...

Shirley Chung is speaking out about her stage 4 tongue cancer diagnosis. The former Top Chef personality broke the “personal news” publicly on Instagram on Friday (July 26), sharing what led her to the diagnosis, per Us Weekly. “Since last year ...

After publicly revealing her Stage 4 tongue cancer diagnosis, Shirley Chung is opening up about her treatment journey. The Top Chef alum, who was a finalist on Season 11 (and also ended up competing on Season 14), shared that her doctor advised her to gain ...

After being left to make do without a full tongue, I was told I wouldn't need speech therapy and the NHS offered no psychological support. I was 43 when the wind was knocked out of not only me, but my whole family. To begin with, I had not heard much about ...

Ryan Shinkle first noticed something was off with his tongue more than 20 years ago, at just 25 years old At the time, a small white patch had appeared on the left side of his tongue. A biopsy later confirmed it was precancerous leukoplakia Years later ...

"Top Chef" finalist and known cooking competitor Shirley Chung announced that she has been diagnosed with stage IV tongue cancer after experiencing a series of dental problems, including a tongue bite that didn't go away and a fractured tooth. During a ...

“Top Chef” alum Shirley Chung revealed she was diagnosed with stage 4 tongue cancer. The chef, who appeared on Season 11 of the cooking competition series, told her Instagram followers Friday that her doctors discovered the illness in December after ...

“Top Chef” alum Shirley Chung is scaling back operations as she undergoes treatment for stage 4 tongue cancer. The diagnosis came after a “series of dental issues” that included biting her tongue “severely,” then fracturing a tooth that had to ...

Top Chef alum Shirley Chung has been diagnosed with stage 4 tongue cancer. Sharing the news via social media on Friday, July 26, Chung, 47, detailed receiving the diagnosis after an oral surgeon found a “hidden tumor” under her tongue in May.