'It was heartbreaking': Nick Cannon reveals why he said NO to chemo for 5-month-old son who died of cancer
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Nick Cannon has opened up about why he and Alyssa Scott didn't want their late son Zen to undergo chemotherapy while he was battling aggressive brain cancer. In an interview with Dr David Agus on 'The Check Up', Cannon talked about his son's cancer diagnosis, and explained that when he asked the doctors about the best treatment options for his son's condition, they said that chemotherapy is less likely to extend his son's life because of the tumor's location. The actor lost his 5 months old son to brain cancer on December 5, 2021.
“Seeing your son hooked up to all of those machines — and he had to go for a shunt two or three times, and that was heartbreaking every time — even in that short amount of time, I couldn’t imagine him having to go through chemo,” Cannon added. Given the short amount of time he had left, Cannon said he wanted to give Zen the "greatest existence" he could while prioritizing his "quality of life."
