A Brazilian father who misplaced all three of his kids to cancer has tragically died from the identical illness.
Regis Feitosa Mota, 53, and his kids, discovered in 2016 that all of them had Li-Fraumeni syndrome, or LFS. Amongst victims, 90 p.c of males and 70 p.c of girls go on to develop most cancers throughout their lives.
The economist, from Fortaleza within the northeast of the nation, had battled off most cancers 3 times already. However in January this yr he was identified with multiple myeloma — a most cancers affecting white blood cells.
Eight months later he died, abandoning his spouse Mariella who stated the ache was ‘indescribable’ and that she had been positive he would beat the illness.
Their youngest daughter Beatriz died in 2018, aged 10, from leukemia, whereas their son Pedro died in 2020, aged 22, after struggling a mind tumor. Their eldest Anna Carolina died on the age of 25 final yr after additionally being identified with a mind tumor.
Pictured above is father Regis Feitosa Mota, from Fortaleza in north-eastern Brazil, along with his three kids. They’ve all died from most cancers. The youngest Beatriz died from leukemia in 2018 aged 10. His son Pedro died in 2020 aged 22 from a mind tumor and his daugher Anna Carolina, 25, died from a mind tumor final yr. She had beforehand battled off leukemia
Mr Mota, 53, revealed in January that he had been identified with a number of myeloma — or a kind of most cancers affecting white blood cells. He died eight months later after therapy. His spouse Mariella stated the ache was ‘indescribable’ as a result of she was positive he would beat it
LFS is a situation thought to have an effect on not less than one in 20,000 households, and presumably as many as one in 5,000 households.
A complete of fifty,000 Individuals are thought to have the situation in response to the National Institutes of Health.
The illness is identified through a genetic check with scientists warning it may possibly set off most cancers at any time — though that is extra prone to happen at an earlier age.
Mr Mota’s spouse, Mariella Pompeu, stated after her husband’s dying was revealed: ‘My associates, I by no means imagined making this put up.
‘I by no means ready myself for this second as a result of I used to be all the time satisfied Régis would make a full restoration.
‘It’s an indescribable ache. The bottom has opened up and I don’t know what life will likely be like with out his affection, companionship and absolute love.’
His brother Rogério Feitosa Mota stated: ‘Our warrior went to fulfill his kids precisely on Father’s Day.
‘Could God take you, my brother! We love you a lot.’
Mr Mota, was identified with most cancers 3 times between 2016 and 2023.
However in January this yr he was identified with a number of myeloma — the place white blood cells begin to divide uncontrollably within the bone marrow, crowding out wholesome cells.
On the time, he stated: ‘We found yet one more illness. We have now already handled lymphocytic leukaemia and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which at the moment are stabilised.
‘However we have now been treating them, they don’t seem to be cured.
‘This time, we found a number of myeloma, which even impacts the bones.’
Mr Mota stated on social media final week that he was within the hospital ready for a bone marrow transplant.
He handed away within the state of Ceará, Brazil, the place Fortaleza is predicated, on 13 August — Father’s Day within the South American nation.
His physique was cremated on 14 August within the metropolis.
Adults with LFS have a 50 p.c probability of giving delivery to a baby with the identical situation, scientists say.
Pictured above is Mr Mota along with his two kids Pedro and Anna Carolina. All three have now died from most cancers
