The official Twitter account of his game show"Jeopardy!" shared of video of Trebek talking about his prognosis a year after his cancer diagnosis.The one-year survival rate for the stage 4 pancreatic cancer Trebek was diagnosed with is only 18%, Trebek said."I'm very happy to report I have just reached that marker," he said. A one-year update from Alex: pic.twitter.
— Jeopardy! March 4, 2020 The host went on to say he'd be"lying if I said the journey had been an easy one."Read More"There were some good days but a lot of not-so-good days," Trebek said."I joked with friends that the cancer won't kill me, the chemo treatments will."Alex Trebek surprised a homeless organization with a $100,000 checkHe also talked of the pain and depression"that made me wonder if it really was worth fighting on.
Don't see many of these anymore but AlexTrebek is my hero. Thank you for spreading the message of hope
Love Alex. My husband, son and I always watched it together every night when my son was little and at the age of 2 my son answered his first Jeopardy question. They flashed a Goldfish cracker on the screen and my son yelled out 'Goldfish Cracker' before any other contestant did
I don’t think it’s good news! Pancreatic cancer seals your fate.
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