Alex Trebek Says His Stage 4 Pancreatic Cancer Is ‘Near Remission,’ Which Is ‘Kind of Mind-Boggling’
Alex Trebek says his battle with cancer is going better than he ever expected it would, as the “Jeopardy!” host’s doctors tell him he’s now “near remission.”“It’s kind of mind-boggling,” Trebek said in a new People cover story interview, published online Wednesday.The longtime game show host was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer, which has a 9% survival rate, back in March.
Trebek tells People that, despite the odds, he’s been responding well to chemotherapy treatment.“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%,” he told People.Though the “Jeopardy!” host still has work ahead of him in his fight against pancreatic cancer, as he says he’ll need to go
