Dirty Dancing Star has cancer

[Dazacoulls]

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Actor Patrick Swayze is suffering from pancreatic cancer and may only have five weeks to live, according to a report in the National Enquirer.

The 55-year-old Dirty Dancing star was reportedly diagnosed with the disease in late January and the cancer has spread to other organs.

Swayze and wife Lisa Niemi have been flying their private jet to Stanford University's cancer centre in Palo Alto for treatment.

The actor allegedly underwent three doses of chemotherapy that shrank the tumour but his doctors were less than happy with the final results.

"He was told he could have two more treatments, but his cancer was not responding. In short - they held out little hope for a cure," an insider is quoted as saying.

Swayze's breakthrough role came as a dance instructor in 1987's Dirty Dancing. In the early '90s he starred opposite Demi Moore in Ghost and with Keanu Reeves in action movie Point Break. His recent work includes Donnie Darko and the upcoming Jessica Biel film Powder Blue.

[Liz]

This is very sad news, but spokespeople are denying that Patrick is weeks away from death and are informing the public that the cancer has not spread very far.

[freakybuffy]

I was gutted when I first read this. I cry as it is in Dirty Dancing. So I'll be even worst if it's true that he only has 5 weeks.

I'm hoping that's true at it's curable (sp?), but on the TV there saying that pancreatic cancer hasn't got a very good survival rate and that his family have been told, to perpare themselves for the worst. So I guess we'll have to see what happens.

[Lesley Bee]

I was reading about this in the paper this morning, one story said the cancer had spread to other organs and there was nothing more they could do for him and another article said it hadn't spread and he was responding well to treatment. I very much hope its the latter, it would be so sad if the first story were true

[Eli]

The official statement from his publicist goes like this:

"Actor Patrick Swayze has been diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer and is currently undergoing treatment. Patrick's physician Dr. George Fisher states, 'Patrick has a very limited amount of disease and he appears to be responding well to treatment thus far. All of the reports stating the timeframe of his prognosis and his physical side effects are absolutely untrue. We are considerably more optimistic.' Patrick is continuing his normal schedule during this time, which includes working on upcoming projects. The outpouring of support and concern he has already received from the public is deeply appreciated by Patrick and his family."

[HeavenForbid]

Very sad news.

[carmelle]

It's sad to hear, but it's good that they're remaining optimistic.

[Lesley Bee]

I've just seen pictures of patrick in the paper, they really shocked me, he looks so gaunt