‘I'd be lying if I said the journey had been an easy one': Alex Trebek reflects on cancer diagnosis 1 year later

It's been a year since Alex Trebek was diagnosed with Stage four pancreatic cancer. Jeopardy Host is now speaking out. The 79 year old released an online video saying the one year survival rate for Stage four pancreatic cancer patients is 18%. I'm very happy to report I have just reached that marker, he added. There were moments of great pain days when certain bodily functions no longer function and sudden, massive attacks of great Depression that made me wonder if it really was worth fighting on. So what kept him going? Trebek says, his wife and all the fans who said millions of prayers. Trebek also says the two year survival rate of Stage four pancreatic cancer is only 7% but he is confident he can overcome it. His plan is to take it one day at a time.

‘Jeopardy!’ host Alex Trebek announced Wednesday he had reached the one year survival mark since he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.“The one-year survival rate for stage 4 pancreatic cancer patients is 18%,” Trebek said in the video announcement. “I'm very happy to report I have just reached that marker.”The beloved game show host revealed last March that he had been diagnosed with the disease. The 5-year survival rate for those with Trebek's kind of cancer is just 9%, according to the American Cancer Society.The 79-year-old said the last year hasn’t always been easy. “Now I'd be lying if I said the journey had been an easy one,” he said. “There were some good days but a lot of not-so-good days. I joked with friends that the cancer won't kill me; the chemo treatments will.”Trebek said that the support from his family and his fans has pushed him through the dark days. Trebek’s oncologist is predicting they’ll be celebrating his second-year survival anniversary.“You know something, if I, no, if we – because so many of us are involved in this same situation – if we take it just one day at a time with a positive attitude, anything is possible,” he said.

‘Jeopardy!’ host Alex Trebek announced Wednesday he had reached the one year survival mark since he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

“The one-year survival rate for stage 4 pancreatic cancer patients is 18%,” Trebek said in the video announcement. “I'm very happy to report I have just reached that marker.”

The beloved game show host revealed last March that he had been diagnosed with the disease. The 5-year survival rate for those with Trebek's kind of cancer is just 9%, according to the American Cancer Society.

The 79-year-old said the last year hasn’t always been easy.

“Now I'd be lying if I said the journey had been an easy one,” he said. “There were some good days but a lot of not-so-good days. I joked with friends that the cancer won't kill me; the chemo treatments will.”

Trebek said that the support from his family and his fans has pushed him through the dark days. Trebek’s oncologist is predicting they’ll be celebrating his second-year survival anniversary.

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“You know something, if I, no, if we – because so many of us are involved in this same situation – if we take it just one day at a time with a positive attitude, anything is possible,” he said.

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