What was Anastasia Zavorotnyuk’s disease?

On May 30, 53-year-old Anastasia Zavorotnyuk passed away. The actor was struggling with a serious illness that was first talked about in 2019. After that she left the stage and stopped going out she. Less than a year ago, she and her husband, figure skater Pyotr Chernyshev, had a daughter named Mila. To give her husband a child, the star of the series “My Fair Nanny” used the in vitro fertilization procedure.

Doctors diagnosed Zavorotnyuk with glioblastoma. Zhanna Friske, Dmitry Hvorostovsky and Mikhail Zadornov died from the same type of cancer. This is one of the most common and difficult to treat tumors. Treatment for this diagnosis includes surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. The aim is to extend the duration and increase the patient’s quality of life. On average, people live with glioblastoma for one to one and a half years from the time the tumor is discovered.

It is known that the Institute of Molecular Biology of the Russian Academy of Sciences developed an experimental therapy for Anastasia Zavorotnyuk in 2020. Doctors reported that the celebrity is in the process of recovery and feels better. The media even wrote that he was ready to return to work in films and on stage. Reports have emerged in 2021 that the actress is not doing as badly as patients with her diagnosis usually are, and there is a good trend.

In 2023, it was reported that the actor was discharged from the hospital, where he received further treatment. Later, her daughter Anna said about her mother’s condition: “She is very sick, even though five years have passed, it is difficult for me to discuss this topic even in my life.” Meanwhile, the star’s family initially stated that they did not want to share the details of Anastasia Zavorotnyuk’s illness.

One version of what caused the actress’s illness was the IVF procedure. At her age, her chances of getting pregnant on her own were already slim. By a fatal coincidence, soon after birth, Zavorotnyuk’s health deteriorated: the artist began to suffer from frequent headaches. When he went to the doctors, they gave him a terrible diagnosis.

However, doctors say that cancer after in vitro fertilization can only be diagnosed in one case. If during pregnancy a woman has already had the first stage of the disease, then the intensive hormonal therapy that mothers undergo to ensure that the embryo takes root can cause rapid tumor growth. Unfortunately, since oncology is not always detected at an early stage, often the patient may be unaware of his disease.