Stanley Tucci is opening up about his cancer battle. In an interview with , the 60-year-old actor revealed that he experienced dramatic weight loss and a loss of taste amid treatment for a tumor on the base of his tongue.«I couldn't do surgery, the tumor was too long, but luckily it had not metastasized, so high-dose radiation and chemotherapy are the only things that can help and luckily the cure rate was very high,» he said. «I was unable to eat solid food for six months.»«I lost 30 pounds and my taste buds and saliva glands were destroyed as was the inside of my mouth,» Tucci continued. «It's taken really three years to get back to almost normal.»Still, Tucci said, «It's a small price to pay for being alive and being able to enjoy the.
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