AND DOWNS POUR THE 79-YEAR-OLD HOST USING HIS FAME TO RAISE
AWARENESS ABOUT THE DISEASE.
PERHAPS IT’S ONLY FITTING THE
HOST OF A POPULAR QUIZ SHOW USES
AN EYE OPENING STATISTIC TO
UPDATE HIS HEALTH.
>> THE ONE-YEAR SURVIVAL RATE
FOR STAGE FOUR PANCREATIC CANCER
PATIENTS IS 18%.
I’M VERY HAPPY TO REPORT I’VE
JUST REACHED THAT MARKET.
>> Reporter: ON WEDNESDAY,
JEOPARDY’S LONG TIME HOST ALEX
TREBEK POSTED A VIDEO SPEAKING
CANDIDLY ABOUT HIS BATTLE WITH
CANCER.
CANCER. >> THERE WERE SOME GOOD DAYS BUT
A NOT LOVE NOT SO GOOD DAYS.
I JOKED WITH FRIENDS, THE CANCER
WON’T KILL ME, THE CHEMO WILL.
>> Reporter: ALMOST IMMEDIATELY
HE BECAME THE FACE OF A DISEASE
WHERE THE FIVE-YEAR SURVIVAL
RATE IS JUST 10%, 3% FOR STAGE
FOUR.
FOUR. >> I PLAN TO BEAT THE LOW
SURVIVAL RATES.
SURVIVAL RATES. >> Reporter: HE HAS PROVIDED
CONSTANT UPDATES.
CONSTANT UPDATES. >> I BEGAN IMMUNOTHERAPY, BUT
THAT DIDN’T GO VERY WELL AT ALL.
MY NUMBERS WENT SOUTH,
DRAMATICALLY AND QUICKLY.
>> Reporter: LAST FALL TREBEK
TEAMED WITH THE WORLD PANCREATIC
CANCER COALITION RAISING
AWARENESS THROUGH A PSA.
57,000 AMERICANS ARE DIAGNOSED
EACH YEAR.
EACH YEAR. THROUGH IT HAS HE HAS CONTINUED
THE HOST, WEARING A BIG, AT
TIMES STRUGGLING WITH HIS
SPEECH, BUT FEELING CONSTANTLY
SUPPORTED LIKE IN THIS MOMENT
DURING THE TOURNAMENT OF
CHAMPIONS WHEN A CONTESTANT
DELIVERED THIS ANSWER.
>> WHAT IS -- WE LOVE YOU ALEX.
THAT’S VERY NICE, THANK YOU.
COST YOU $1995.
YOU’RE LEFT WITH FIVE BUCKS.
>> Reporter: IT’S THAT SUPPORT
THAT BOLSTERED HIM WHEN HE
NEEDED IT MOST.
>> IF WE TAKE IT JUST ONE DAY AT