Alex Trebek is opening up about his health. The 79-year-old Jeopardy! host spoke about his condition in a health update posted on Wednesday (March 4), one year after revealing he was fighting Stage 4 pancreatic cancer. PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Alex Trebek “The one-year survival rate for stage IV pancreatic cancer patients is 18 percent.
I’m very happy to report I have just reached that marker. I’d be lying if I said the journey had been an easy one,” he said. “There were moments of great pain, days when certain bodily functions no longer functioned, and sudden massive attacks of great depression that made me wonder if it really was worth fighting on.
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