The 40-year-old Italian model Bianca Balti openly spoke about her ovarian cancer, which was diagnosed with her in September 2024. After surgery in October, she launched a course of chemotherapy, which completed at the end of January 2025.
Balti shared pictures from her treatment period and told about the emotions that accompanied it on this difficult way. She confessed that at first cancer seemed to her death, but later she began to perceive her life with a new gratitude.
“I no longer took my life for granted, and my gratitude reached the highest level. It was difficult, and it was not over, but otherwise I would not want to. What does not kill me made me love a lot more, ” the model wrote.
Cancer was not the first time touched the Baltic family: her aunt died of breast cancer at 39, and the mother was diagnosed with Mielelo. In 2021, the model learned that the carrier of the BrCA1 gene, the mutation of which significantly increases the risk of cancer. In this regard, she decided to make a double mastectomy as a preventive measure.
Despite the difficult way to combat the disease, Bianca Balti retains optimism and is convinced that this experience has helped her learn to appreciate life even more.
