Toby Keith shares health update amid battle with stomach cancer - Fox News

Toby Keith opened up about his battle with stomach cancer for the first time since revealing his diagnosis in June.

Toby Keith opened up about his battle with stomach cancer for the first time since revealing his diagnosis in June.

TOBY KEITH REVEALS STOMACH CANCER DIAGNOSIS; RECEIVING ‘CHEMO, RADIATION AND SURGERY’.

The singer announced that he was battling stomach cancer and taking time off to recover from treatment in posts that he shared to his Instagram and Twitter accounts.

Last month, Carrie Underwood and Eric Church paid tribute to Keith  when he was honored at the BMI Country Awards

Keith is a longtime advocate for families facing cancer diagnoses, and helped found Ally's House in 2004, a nonprofit group that assists Oklahoma children with cancer and their families

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Following in the footsteps of Ally's House, he established the Toby Keith Foundation in 2006 "to encourage the health and happiness of pediatric cancer patients."

"In 2014, the foundation opened OK Kids Korral, a cost-free, convenient and comfortable home for pediatric cancer patients receiving treatment at The Children’s Hospital at OU Medical Center, Stephenson Cancer Center and other nearby facilities," the foundation's mission statement said

Earlier this week, Keith shared a heart-warming photo to Instagram in which he was seen holding a young cancer patient as they both smiled and gave the thumbs-up

"Your donations make the OK Kids Korral possible, a home away from home for children battling cancer and their families."