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Patrick Swayze Has Pancreatic Cancer
March 5, 2008, 6:09 PM EST
MSN Entertainment
Patrick Swayze is being treated for pancreatic cancer but is doing well enough to continue working, his representative said Wednesday.
The "Dirty Dancing" actor has a very limited amount of disease and appears to be responding well to treatment, according to Dr. George Fisher, Swayze's physician. Fisher's prognosis was included in a statement released Wednesday by Swayze's representative, Annett Wolf.
"Patrick has a very limited amount of disease and he appears to be responding well to treatment thus far," the statement read. "All of the reports stating the timeframe of his prognosis and his physical side effects are absolutely untrue. We are considerably more optimistic. Patrick is continuing his normal schedule during this time, which includes working on upcoming projects. The outpouring of support and concern he has already received from the public is deeply appreciated by Patrick and his family."
The New York Post and the National Enquirer, however, reported that Swayze is losing his battle to cancer and only has a few more weeks to live.
The Enquirer reported that the actor, 55, has been undergoing chemotherapy at Stanford University Hospital, but the treatment has had little or no effect on treating the cancer.
The actor has two projects in the works: the movie "Powder Blue," and a television movie titled "The Beast," according to the Web site imdb.com. Both are scheduled for release this year.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
I'm not the HUGEST Patrick Swayze fan but damn, pancreatic cancer is a death sentence...
edit: oh you know what, i should also probably say that i do think it sucks. i'm not trying to make light of the cancer. well, i mean, i guess you could say i am, but not to be mean or insensitive. just cause, like, road house is awesome.
That sucks. That really fucking does. I'm not a big fan of his either, but I know what cancer, more specifically pancreatic cancer, can do to a person. I feel so bad for his family. It is SO hard to lose a family member from cancer. I hope these are all lies.
That's horrible. A friend of the family died from pancreatic cancer a few years ago. He was in his early 40's and was in tip top shape (martial arts instructor). Within 6 months of being diagnosed he was gone. It ran in his family though...his mother and sister had also died from it.
Oh God, that blows so hard. I hope he gets through this. That really sucks. My aunt had breast cancer, although that isn't considered a 'death sentence', it still was a very rough time for her. But she takes this stuff called ESSIAC which is imported from canada or something like that, and she says it works wonders for her. She had heard that somebody started taking this stuff who was literally DYING from cancer, and the doctors gave them 6 months, and he started taking this and that was two years ago. How crazy is that? Anyway, sorry, kind of rambled a bit...
She's like the wind is good for teaching metaphors and shit. Excellent saxery.
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Patrick Swayze Has Pancreatic Cancer 
It ran in his family though...his mother and sister had also died from it.
that bad news put me over the edge. thank God for valiums.
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