He Doesn't Fear His Cancer Diagnosis
Trebek has been undergoing chemotherapy is an attempt to battle his pancreatic cancer. Although he was "near remission" at one point, the cancer returned—but Trebek isn't giving up.
"We may try a new protocol, a different chemo or something in the trial stage that is not chemotherapy," he said, adding, "I don't mind experimenting. I've got nothing to lose, so let's go for it."
No matter what happens, Trebek has made it clear that he's not afraid of what the future may hold.
"I have learned something in the past year and it's this: We don't know when we're going to die," he said. "Because of the cancer diagnosis, it's no longer an open-ended life, it's a closed-ended life because of the terrible survival rates of pancreatic cancer. Because of that, and something else that is operating here, people all over America and abroad have decided they want to let me know now, while I'm alive, about the impact that I've been having on their existence."
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