“I realize that there is an end in sight for me, just as there is for everyone else.”
In an new interview with, the 79-year-old said that he’s undergoing chemotherapy again after he lost a large amount of weight and cancer markers increased after he finished his first round of treatment. “I was doing so well. And my numbers went down to the equivalent of a normal human being who does not have
,” Trebek said. “So we were all very optimistic. And they said, ‘Good, we’re going to stop chemo, we’ll start you on immunotherapy.’”But Trebek said he then “lost about 12 pounds in a week. And my numbers went sky high, much higher than they were when I was first diagnosed.” As a result, his doctors urged him to undergo chemotherapy again. “That’s what I’m doing,” he said.
Trebek said his cancer has caused both excruciating pain and fatigue. “Cancer is mysterious in more ways than one,” he said, but he still“As long as I can walk out and greet the audience and the contestants and run the game I’m happy,” he said. So, what exactly does this mean for Trebek’s overall health? We asked oncologists to explain his latest update.Most pancreatic tumors release substances called biomarkers that can be detected in the blood, explains, a surgical oncologist with The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute. “Although not 100 percent accurate, these biomarkers can provide an idea about how active the tumor is,” he says.
In pancreatic cancer, the most commonly used marker or “number” is called a CA19-9 level. Dr. Ejaz says it’s “likely” that once Trebek stopped chemotherapy, his tumor started to grow or spread, which then raised his CA19-9 level., medical oncologist and medical director of MemorialCare Cancer Institute at Orange Coast Medical Center in Fountain Valley, Calif. “Once you finish treatment for metastatic pancreatic cancer, the expectation is that it will recur,” he says.
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