Solid news from the Jeopardy host!
From People:
When Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer three months ago, fans were shocked. But now the beloved Trebek has good news to share: He’s in “near remission,” according to doctors.
“It’s kind of mind-boggling,” the 78-year-old says, in PEOPLE’s new cover story. Although the cancer has a 9 percent survival rate, Trebek has been responding very well to chemotherapy. “The doctors said they hadn’t seen this kind of positive result in their memory…some of the tumors have already shrunk by more than 50 percent.”
Still, that doesn’t mean the longtime Jeopardy! host is totally out of the woods yet.
He still has several more rounds of chemotherapy to go to get to full remission, but Trebek says he cried “tears of joy” upon hearing about his progress. He credits the good wishes from friends and fans around the world with helping him to heal: “I told the doctors, this has to be more than just the chemo, and they agreed it could very well be an important part of this.”
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