I'll take stage 4 cancer for a thousand, Alex

By Jonathan Raymond | March 6, 2019 at 3:58 PM CST - Updated March 6 at 4:39 PM

(Gray News) – Alex Trebek, the iconic host of “Jeopardy!” announced Wednesday he has stage 4 pancreatic cancer.

He said in a video announcement posted to YouTube that “I’m going to fight this” and “I plan to beat the low survival rate statistics for this disease.”

According to the Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research, pancreatic cancer has the highest mortality rate of the major cancers with 91 percent of patients dying within five years of a diagnosis. It is the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths.

“Normally, the prognosis for this is not very encouraging, but I’m going to fight this, and I’m going to keep working,” Trebek said in his video address. "And with the love and support of my family and friends and with the help of your prayers also, I plan to beat the low survival rate statistics for this disease."

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