Patrick Swayze has just 5 weeks to live.

[Danny White]

I hope the original Enquirer story is an overreaction and that things are better off than reported.

 

[Nors]

I hope the original Enquirer story is an overreaction and that things are better off than reported.

I agree -

But at least he had the time of his life.

 

[mr.jameswoods]

BTW, I heard today that the avg. life expectancy after diagnosis of this is 5-6 months.

But it depends on when they are diagnosed. It's rare that you will diagnose a person in the early stages of pancreatic cancer. They usually present to the ER with other symptoms of massive abdominal distention or bloody stools. Usually by that time, the cancer has already metastasized. These patients will be lucky to last a month at that point. I've treated patients with Pancreatic CA and it's extremely sad and disheartening.

 

[silverbear]

Any other sources. Kind to have to question it when it comes from the National Enquirer.

Hope it's not true.

Yahoo had something up verifying that he had pancreatic cancer, but saying they'd caught it fairly early, and the prognosis from the Enquirer was extremely pessimistic...

How strange, yesterday Jeff Healey dies of cancer, today we learn that Swayze has cancer... Sam Elliott should be feeling right nervous these days...

 

[silverbear]

I agree -

But at least he had the time of his life.

How very tacky...

I laughed anyway...

 

[mr.jameswoods]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23488585/

LOS ANGELES - Patrick Swayze’s doctor is “optimistic” about his prognosis for battling pancreatic cancer, and the “Dirty Dancing” actor’s upcoming cable pilot is still in contention to become a series.

With the writer’s strike over, the A&E pilot “The Beast,” starring Swayze as an unorthodox FBI agent, is being considered to be turned into a series by the cable network. If that happens, the “Dirty Dancing” and “Ghost” star hopes to continue to be part of the show, his representative Annett Wolf told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

Swayze has been undergoing treatment for the disease, Wolf confirmed in a statement. The National Cancer Institute estimates there will be 37,680 new cases of pancreatic cancer in 2008 with 34,290 deaths in the U.S.; only five percent of patients live more than five years after being diagnosed. “Patrick has a very limited amount of disease and he appears to be responding well to treatment thus far,” Swayze’s physician Dr. George Fisher said in a statement released by Wolf. “All of the reports stating the timeframe of his prognosis and his physical side effects are absolutely untrue. We are considerably more optimistic.”

Wolf said Swayze, 55, shot “The Beast” pilot last December and isn’t currently working on any new projects. A&E issued a statement Wednesday stating “The Beast” was still in contention to become one of the network’s new original drama series and wished Swayze a speedy recovery.

 

[Concord]

I was shocked to hear this.

I really hope the prognosis is better than the National Enquirer says and more like the MSNBC article.

It's the Roadhouse Curse.

 

[Yeagermeister]

I agree -

But at least he had the time of his life.

UGH....you had to go there didn't you :laugh2:

 

[jksmith269]

Geez, he ain't dead yet!




BTW, I heard today that the avg. life expectancy after diagnosis of this is 5-6 months.

My uncle found out he had this form of cancer and was gone within a month. It's the most agressive form of cancer there is and is "Rarely" found in the early stages and thats what makes it so fatal.

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20182300,00.html

 

[Nors]

This is a bad thing - Read like 95% are dead in a year and 1% alive 5 years later