Overview
- Her brother posted on TikTok that she was moved to hospice on Tuesday, Aug. 4, and shared a photo showing her surrounded by friends and family.
- Towle is 26 and was diagnosed with stage 4 cholangiocarcinoma at about 23, a rare bile duct cancer she has chronicled for more than a million followers.
- Over several years she underwent chemotherapy and major liver surgery and recently enrolled in a tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte clinical trial, an experimental immunotherapy approach.
- News outlets relied on the family’s social-media posts for the hospice update and did not report independent medical confirmation of her clinical status.
- Cholangiocarcinoma is uncommon with roughly 8,000 U.S. diagnoses a year, hospice care focuses on comfort rather than cure, and the announcement has generated a large outpouring of online support that underscores how social media shapes modern illness narratives.