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Cancer has progressed for Russian blogger Lerchek
Russian blogger Valeria Chekalina, known as Lerchek, has had a cancer relapse.
She was diagnosed with stage-four stomach cancer in March 2026 and completed nine courses of chemotherapy between March and July.
The tumour disappeared after that treatment, but it began growing again in early October, with new metastases found in her lungs, bones, liver, adrenal glands and ovaries.
Her condition is described as moderate, and she has severe pain in her lower back and sacrum that spreads to her legs.
Doctors have started a second line of chemotherapy and are considering cell therapy in China.
She needs court permission to travel for that treatment, while her former husband has cited her condition and their three children in asking for leniency in his own court case.
Cancer has progressed for Russian blogger Valeria Chekalina, known as Lerchek, with new metastases reported in several organs.
Doctors have started a second line of chemotherapy and are considering cellular therapy in China.
Chekalina completed nine courses of first-line chemotherapy between March and July, after which the tumor disappeared.
Her partner said the tumor began growing again in early October, with metastases found in the lungs, bones, liver, adrenal glands, ovaries and other organs.
Her former husband said in court that she had barely been able to get out of bed for the past month and a half.
- Who
- Russian blogger Valeria Chekalina, known as Lerchek.
- What
- Her cancer has progressed, with new metastases reported in several organs.
- When
- The tumor began growing again in early October 2026.
- Where
- Metastases were reported in her lungs, bones, liver, adrenal glands, ovaries and other organs.
- Why
- Her cancer has progressed; the sources do not state a specific cause for the recurrence.
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Chekalina was diagnosed with stage four stomach cancer.
She underwent nine courses of first-line chemotherapy.
Her final course of first-line chemotherapy ended, and the tumor had disappeared.
The tumor began growing again and new metastases were reported.
Her former husband told a court that she had barely been getting out of bed for the previous month and a half.
- Name
- Valeria Chekalina, known as Lerchek
- Diagnosis
- Stage four stomach cancer
- First-line chemotherapy
- Nine courses, from March to July 2026
- Reported sites of metastases
- Lungs, bones, liver, adrenal glands and ovaries
- Next treatment
- Second-line chemotherapy; cellular therapy in China is under consideration
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What people are saying
At the beginning of October the tumor began growing again, new metastases appeared in the lungs, bones, liver, adrenal glands, ovaries and other organs
For the last month and a half, Lerchek has practically not been getting up
I have three children, and in the near future I will become their only guardian; I ask you to give me a suspended sentence and reduce the fine