Alexandros Nikolaidis, a Greek taekwondo athlete who was named the 2008 Greek Male Athlete of the Year has died at age 42. Nikolaidas was born on 17 October 1979 and died on14 October 2022, three days to his 43rd birthday.
What was Alexandros Nikolaidis’ cause of death? Nikolaidas passed away after suffering from NUT carcinoma, an extremely rare type of cancer.
NUT carcinoma (NC), also known as NUT midline carcinoma, is a type of rare cancer that can grow anywhere in the body.
This type of cancer is usually found in the head, neck, and lungs and grows from the squamous cells in the body, which are cells that make up the skin and lining of some organs, like the lungs and stomach.
In an emotional message he wrote prior to his demise which was released Friday [Oct.14], he explained how nut carcinoma took his life: