Alex Trebek opened up about his battle with pancreatic most cancers on Monday’s Good Morning America, saying that he “expects to be round” to have a good time two full years of surviving the illness.
“My physician has advised me that he’s relying on me celebrating two years of survivorship previous the prognosis of Stage four pancreatic most cancers, and that two years occurs in February,” the Jeopardy! host mentioned in an interview selling his upcoming memoir.
“So I count on to be round — as a result of he mentioned I will likely be round — and I count on to be internet hosting the present if I’m round.”
Trebek additionally talked in regards to the experimental immunotherapy remedy that he has been getting all through his battle.
“They do a blood take a look at to see what my CA 19 numbers are, and the CA 19 numbers are an indicator of how your pancreatic most cancers is progressing,” Trebek defined.
“Eight weeks in the past, the numbers had been at about 3,500. Now, they’re under 100. So I’m getting into the correct route,” he continued.
“The docs have mentioned they’ve by no means seen a chart like mine as a result of there are peaks… They often see it going up [steadily]. I’m a little bit of an anomaly.”
He additionally spoke about if the immunotherapy doesn’t show to achieve success, noting that he gained’t “go to any extraordinary measures to make sure my survival.”
“I’ll simply proceed with chemo and see what occurs,” he added.
“If the standard of life isn’t there, it’s exhausting typically to push and simply say, ‘Nicely, I’m going to maintain going, regardless that I’m depressing.’”
Holmes joked that Trebek had “buried the lede” about his “phenomenal” outcomes, prompting Trebek to say the next:
“I’m heading in the right direction. As I discussed earlier, there are good days and there are dangerous days. I keep in mind the dangerous days.”
Right here is the complete interview.
.@ABC NEWS EXCLUSIVE: @Jeopardy host Alex Trebek speaks with our @tjholmes about present process an experimental remedy for pancreatic most cancers and releasing a brand new memoir. https://t.co/gjPg9CURBj pic.twitter.com/TPLHOMprCL
— Good Morning America (@GMA) July 20, 2020
Jeopardy! exhausted its stock of authentic episodes in June following the COVID-19 shutdown, which introduced the TV trade to a halt.
To assist fill the present’s timeslot, 4 weeks of previous episodes will air, together with Trebek’s first episode as host.
Trebek has been battling stage 4 pancreatic most cancers since March 2019.
Paul Dailly is the Affiliate Editor for TV Fanatic. Observe him on Twitter.