Patrick Swayze, Diagonosed with Pancreatic Cancer, has 5 weeks to live (1 Viewer)

[Optimusaint]

another great underrated role by Swayze is in the movie "Donnie Darko".

 

[Broadmoor74]

Somewhere Kelly Lynch needs some serious consoling.

 

[Inkspot47]

I have a good friend that had Pancreatic Cancer. He had the surgery, did the Chemo and 5 years later is still cancer free. I think the mortality rate past 5 years is about 80%.

 

[vanakin]

He was in Roadhouse.

quote of the day...

 

[primadox]

The quote from an earlier post is from CBSnews.com:
(repeat of quote, with link)

Patrick has a very limited amount of disease and he appears to be responding well to treatment thus far," said Swayze's physician, Dr. George Fisher. "All of the reports stating the timeframe of his prognosis and his physical side effects are absolutely untrue. We are considerably more optimistic."

http://www.showbuzz.cbsnews.com/sto...main3910411.shtml?source=RSSattr=HOME_3910411

Sounds like the Enquirer overreacted a bit?

 

[ClayT101]

Its on msnbc as well:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23488585/

 

[Crzycjunx76]

http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=346305&gt1=28103



You really have to admire both his work ethic and his additude.

 

[Danchrism]

Gene Upshaw died from pancreatic cancer. Said they discovered it days before he passed. Pancreatic cancer is probably the worst variety to have...

 

[SeminoleMarine]

Steve Jobs beat it:

"Fortune Magazine) -- In October 2003, as the computer world buzzed about what cool new gadget he would introduce next, Apple CEO Steve Jobs - then presiding over the most dramatic corporate turnaround in the history of Silicon Valley - found himself confronting a life-and-death decision. During a routine abdominal scan, doctors had discovered a tumor growing in his pancreas. While a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer is often tantamount to a swiftly executed death sentence, a biopsy revealed that Jobs had a rare - and treatable - form of the disease. If the tumor were surgically removed, Jobs' prognosis would be promising: The vast majority of those who underwent the operation survived at least ten years."

http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/02/news/companies/elkind_jobs.fortune/index.htm?cnn=yes

Or has he? I know they are saying he has a hormone imbalance, but he looks pretty bad right now.

***While a hormone imbalance might be unrelated to his cancer, pancreatic dysfunction would be the top suspicion, said Dr. Richard Auchus, an endocrinologist at UT-Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.

"The pancreas makes digestive enzymes, and if the pancreas doesn't make enough of those, then people can't digest foods and getting nutrients is a problem," Auchus said. The solution could be as simple as taking pills to replace or augment the enzyme, as is commonly done to treat pancreatic insufficiency in children with cystic fibrosis, Auchus said.***

http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20090106/ap_on_hi_te/apple_jobs_health

 

[Nothingman]

This is being reported by only The National Enquirer at this time. Not saying it isn't true, but they have a less than stellar reputation.

The hell you say!!! If it was'nt true they could'nt print it.

 

[SoonerJim]

Or has he? I know they are saying he has a hormone imbalance, but he looks pretty bad right now.

***While a hormone imbalance might be unrelated to his cancer, pancreatic dysfunction would be the top suspicion, said Dr. Richard Auchus, an endocrinologist at UT-Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.

"The pancreas makes digestive enzymes, and if the pancreas doesn't make enough of those, then people can't digest foods and getting nutrients is a problem," Auchus said. The solution could be as simple as taking pills to replace or augment the enzyme, as is commonly done to treat pancreatic insufficiency in children with cystic fibrosis, Auchus said.***

http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20090106/ap_on_hi_te/apple_jobs_health

Jobs has an islet cell neoplasm, which is indolent and whose prognosis depends on spread at the time of the initial resection. Swayze has a typical ductal type, and that survival can be measured in weeks at the short end.

 

[SaintKenn]

Swayze has a new show coming on one of the cable channels, can't remember which one, but the show looked interesting. I pray for his family and hope this is all just a farce.

 

[num1RBushfan]

so sad my prayers go out to him and his family

 

[SaintKenn]

I just realized this thread is from March, so much for 5 weeks.

 

[primadox]

Update, from article dated 1/6/09

Scared Swayze says may have only 2 years to live

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Patrick Swayze, in his first television interview since being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year, said he was scared, angry and "going through hell" and may only have two years to live.

A year after his diagnosis with one of the most deadly forms of cancer, the "Dirty Dancing" star told TV interviewer Barbara Walters that he already has defied survival rates and reports predicting he should have "been dead a long time."

But he acknowledged his time may be short. "I'd say five years is pretty wishful thinking. Two years seems likely if you're going to believe statistics. I want to last until they find a cure, which means I'd better get a fire under it."

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE50569420090106