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"Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek says his cancer is "near remission" after "mind-boggling" chemo results
CBS News ^ | May 29, 2019 | Jason Silverstein

Posted on 05/29/2019 8:17:24 AM PDT by EdnaMode

What is "mind-boggling"? This good news from "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek.

The game show star says he is "near remission" less than three months after announcing his diagnosis of stage 4 pancreatic cancer — an illness with a survival rate of only 9 percent. Trebek called his positive response to chemotherapy "kind of mind-boggling."

"The doctors said they hadn't seen this kind of positive result in their memory," Trebek told People, adding that some of his tumors "have already shrunk by more than 50 percent."

Trebek, 79, says the progress brought him "tears of joy." He still has several more rounds of chemotherapy before the cancer could go into full remission.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: alextrebek; cancer; jeopardy; pancreaticcancer; trebek
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That is excellent news. Hope he makes a full recovery.
1 posted on 05/29/2019 8:17:24 AM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

I hope it is true.

Steve McQueen announced that his cancer had been cured not long before he died.


2 posted on 05/29/2019 8:20:23 AM PDT by yarddog
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To: EdnaMode

Great!


3 posted on 05/29/2019 8:21:19 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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I’m not holding my breath. My Step-Dad died last year of this misery. Very little hope for a cure/remission with this evil cancer.

That said - he’s a Republican-hating Canadian who has made his vast fortune via Capitalism, and has access to the BEST healthcare in the world, so he might prove me wrong. ;)


4 posted on 05/29/2019 8:22:26 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin ("And she and Billie Jeff was throwing somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge...")
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To: EdnaMode

Wow! That’s wonderful news!


5 posted on 05/29/2019 8:23:34 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: yarddog

One of my brothers lasted less than 3 months with pancreatic cancer. He quit the chemo because it was harder on him than the disease.

Best wishes to Alex.


6 posted on 05/29/2019 8:25:18 AM PDT by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: EdnaMode

Hope he is right about this.

It took ten years, multiple Blood Transfusions and four Chemo Regimens lasting two Months each for my Oncologist to declare I was in Remission for Leukemia.

We live in a miraculous age despite what the Democrats say. God Bless Mr. Trebeck and thank goodness for Big Pharma.


7 posted on 05/29/2019 8:25:23 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
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To: EdnaMode

I didn’t know he had pancreatic cancer...nor did I know he was 79 years old. I’ve always admired him and enjoyed Jeopardy. I hope this miracle is true for him.


8 posted on 05/29/2019 8:28:23 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: EdnaMode

In the pancreatic cancer realm, no medical professionals ever speak about cures or complete remission. They always speak about life extension options. Chemo, in the aggregate, might offer a 5-month life extension - that is, if it doesn’t kill you in the first couple of sessions.


9 posted on 05/29/2019 8:29:16 AM PDT by CreviceTool (A Good Samaritan with a handgun saved my life...)
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To: EdnaMode

Praise God !


10 posted on 05/29/2019 8:29:16 AM PDT by Pathfinder
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To: EdnaMode

Common for those with pancreatic cancer. Whipple procedure followed by chemo removes cancer. Patient gets two good years, then the cancer returns, this time very aggressive and almost certain death (95%). My stepmom had this. Same for Steve Jobs.


11 posted on 05/29/2019 8:29:32 AM PDT by KMG365
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To: EdnaMode

I do hope he is able to beat this, but know the odds are very slim.

That being said, it’s great that, as his career may be at near the end for what ever reason, there is such excitement with the present champion. Always leave on a high note, in other words!


12 posted on 05/29/2019 8:32:46 AM PDT by llevrok (Vote, while it is still legal!)
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To: yarddog
Steve McQueen announced that his cancer had been cured not long before he died.

That is exactly what I was thinking.

13 posted on 05/29/2019 8:35:07 AM PDT by gunsequalfreedom
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To: CreviceTool

I had/have prostate cancer. This is far, far, far less invasive than pancreatic cancer and so is the treatement.

That being said, the threat of return is never far from one’s mind.


14 posted on 05/29/2019 8:36:02 AM PDT by llevrok (Vote, while it is still legal!)
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Hope he has family at his side as he fights this. Many go through this utterly alone except for the Docs/Nurses/Techs
caring for them, dragging themselves into daily radiation treatment by whatever means, while they grow weaker.

Some try to get help with transport from the Cancer Assoc., but are told they don’t qualify. So, some are left on their own. They’ll never forget the sense of abandonment.


15 posted on 05/29/2019 8:36:05 AM PDT by RitchieAprile (available monkeys looking for the change..)
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To: EdnaMode

I didn’t realize he was almost 80 and still working.

Good for you Alex.


16 posted on 05/29/2019 8:39:19 AM PDT by Ouderkirk (Life is about ass, you're either covering, hauling, laughing, kicking, kissing, or behaving like one)
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To: EdnaMode

Ping


17 posted on 05/29/2019 8:41:28 AM PDT by Java4Jay (The evils of government are directly proportional to the tolerance of the people.)
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To: EdnaMode

I suspect he is being optimistic. But if you’re going to have any chance to beat (at least for a time) a cancer like this, state of mind is important. If you decide that you’re going to die from it, you almost certainly will.
I wish him well, TV won’t be the same without Alex hosting Jeopardy.


18 posted on 05/29/2019 8:42:36 AM PDT by -YYZ- (Strong like bull, smart like tractor.)
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To: llevrok

We all have to die of something.


19 posted on 05/29/2019 8:43:32 AM PDT by entropy12 (Learn all you can from the mistakes of others. You won't have time to make them all yourself.)
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Patient gets two good years, then the cancer returns, this time very aggressive and almost certain death (95%)

I'm sure Mr. Trebek would gladly pay $50 million to get those two years with his family.

20 posted on 05/29/2019 8:46:09 AM PDT by montag813
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