HEALTH● LOW1h ago · Oct 23, 2026, 2:00 AM
China cancer patient who inspired hit film hopes to stop treatment after 35,000 pills over 2 decades
South China Morning Post · east asia
Lu Yong, who has a slow-growing blood and bone marrow cancer and inspired the 2018 blockbuster Dying to Survive, has begun reducing his medication and hopes to stop taking it completely within three months. The acclaimed film is based on Lu’s experience. He has chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) and helped patients across China obtain affordable, life-saving generic drugs from India, but was prosecuted by Chinese authorities for selling “fake drugs”. Before his diagnosis, 58-year-old Lu was a...
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