Alex Trebek Clarifies His Comments About Discontinuing Cancer Treatment

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Alex Trebek wants his fans to know that he is not giving up his battle against stage 4 pancreatic cancer.In his new memoir, thehoststated that he has decided to cease all treatment if his current protocol fails.«I’m going to stick with this current protocol, then that’s it.

If it doesn’t work I’ll probably stop treatment,» he wrote. «Quality of life was an important consideration.»However, on Wednesday, the game show host's 80th birthday, he clarified this remark on Twitter.«That quote from the book was written BEFORE my current regimen, and I was going through some bad times,» Trebek explained. «My current numbers are very good, but we will have to be patient with this new immunotherapy program that I am on.