Novelist Lee Oi-soo to Have Surgery for Stomach Cancer

Novelist Lee Oi-soo has been diagnosed with stomach cancer and will undergo surgery next Wednesday. Lee broke the news on Twitter account on Wednesday, saying the test results were worse than he had thought.

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He added the hope that he can freely communicate with fans again and live with love for everything around him.

On his website, Lee later recalled how he felt nauseous when he came home from a book signing in Seoul, so he went to a clinic in nearby Chuncheon. A doctor there advised him to go to hospital for a blood transfusion and more tests.

As rumors about him began to appear on the Internet, he asked people to leave him in peace, warning that he will sue anyone posting groundless speculation.

The publisher who organized the signing last weekend expressed concerns, saying Lee was in such a bad way during the event that he broke into a cold sweat.

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