Patrick Swayze is diagnosed with cancer · 2008-03-06 13:57
Actor and dancer Patrick Swayze, star of hit films "Dirty Dancing" and "Ghost," has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer but is responding well to treatment, his publicist Annett Wolf said.
The 55-year-old performer was working during his treatments, Wolf said, dismissing reports in the tabloid media that portrayed him in grave condition with only weeks to live, Reuters informs.
Wolf issued a written statement from his physician, Dr. George Fisher that said: "Patrick has a very limited amount of disease and he appears to be responding well to treatment."
"All of the reports stating the timeframe of his prognosis and his physical side effects are absolutely untrue," Fisher said in the statement. "We are considerably more optimistic."
Wolf said Swayze deeply appreciated the "outpouring of support and concern" he has received from the public.
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