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‘Jeopardy!’ host Alex Trebek says he’s been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer
FOX NEWS ^ | 3/6/19 | Elizabeth Zwirz

Posted on 03/06/2019 2:18:20 PM PST by T-Bird45

"Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek revealed in a YouTube video Wednesday that he has been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer.

Trebek said in the video he was given the health update this week.

"Now normally, the prognosis for this is not very encouraging, but I’m going to fight this, and I’m going to keep working," he said. "And with the love and support of my family and friends and with the help of your prayers also, I plan to beat the low survival rate statistics for this disease."

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: alextrebek; cancer; jeopardy; kenjennings; pancreatic; pancreaticcancer; questions; stage4
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Such a tough diagnosis and bad odds to boot. I wish him well!
1 posted on 03/06/2019 2:18:20 PM PST by T-Bird45
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To: T-Bird45

Prayers up.


2 posted on 03/06/2019 2:20:06 PM PST by rdl6989
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That stinks. The odds of beating stage 4 pancreatic cancer is probably close to zero.


3 posted on 03/06/2019 2:21:39 PM PST by EEGator
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Beat it or not, he’s had a hell of a run...


4 posted on 03/06/2019 2:22:37 PM PST by Slicksadick (We accept the love we think we deserve.)
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I haven’t researched recent info. The number in my head says around 5% survival at one time.


6 posted on 03/06/2019 2:23:08 PM PST by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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Basically it's a death sentence. I pray he comes to believe on and know the Lord Jesus Christ before it is eternally too late.

God is mercifully giving him the opportunity to get his spiritual and physical house in order.

7 posted on 03/06/2019 2:23:26 PM PST by Jmouse007 (Lord God Almighty, deliver us from this evil in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, amen.)
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There’s no cancer in heaven, I pray Jesus heals him, but if he doesn’t make it through stage 4 I hope he gets to that better stage meant for each of us. I’ve lost too many people to cancer, thank you Jesus for preparing a place for them.


8 posted on 03/06/2019 2:23:43 PM PST by Bayard
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Damn.


9 posted on 03/06/2019 2:23:48 PM PST by irishjuggler
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I hope he gets lucky.


10 posted on 03/06/2019 2:23:49 PM PST by EEGator
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Lost one of my best friends in the world to pancreatic cancer. Could not eat and withered away to nothing. Tough to stand by and watch.

Prayers up for Alex and his family.


11 posted on 03/06/2019 2:25:15 PM PST by RatRipper
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You are very close. When my brother was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer I did some research. He was gone in less than 3 months. So many pancreatic cancers are not diagnosed until they’re already in stage 4.


12 posted on 03/06/2019 2:25:43 PM PST by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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Not sure how accurate but I just searched and info I found was median survival rate is 2-6 months. 5 year is 1%-3%. That could be wrong given the particulars of his case. He’s in a tough battle, no doubt.


13 posted on 03/06/2019 2:26:57 PM PST by lodi90
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Prayers up


14 posted on 03/06/2019 2:27:15 PM PST by Bigg Red (MAGA)
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To: Jmouse007

Basically it’s a death sentence.

“For we are born owing death a life,
and he who dies this year is quit for the next.”

Shakespeare Henry V.


15 posted on 03/06/2019 2:27:34 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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And then there are people like RBG...


16 posted on 03/06/2019 2:28:12 PM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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Really tough news. A family member was a winner on Wheel of Fortune and a big game show try out nerd. He will take this hard.


17 posted on 03/06/2019 2:28:29 PM PST by lodi90
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He’s 78 and had some health problems but he looks and sounds good in the video. I wish him well.


18 posted on 03/06/2019 2:28:40 PM PST by Moonman62 (Facts are racist.)
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What is, prayers up, Alex?


19 posted on 03/06/2019 2:28:49 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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Wow, sad news. I have been DVRing and watching Jeopardy for the last couple of weeks.


20 posted on 03/06/2019 2:28:55 PM PST by Sans-Culotte (If it weren't for fake hate crimes, there would be no hate crimes at all.)
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