Toby Keith, the country music star, announced on social media in June 2022 that he had been diagnosed with stomach cancer. He has been receiving chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery for the past six months. In September 2023, he shared an update on his health, saying that he feels "pretty good" but that its a bit of a roller coaster, with good days and bad days. However, it is not publicly known at what stage his cancer was diagnosed. The stage at which stomach cancer is diagnosed is a key component in the survival rates for the disease. For instance, if the cancer is discovered before it spreads, the five-year survival rate is 70 percent. If the disease is diagnosed in stage 4, after it has spread to distant organs, the survival rate is 6 percent. The average five-year survival rate for all stomach cancer patients is 32 percent.