Alex Trebek: 'Jeopardy!' host says his cancer is 'near remission'

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What is 'mind-boggling'? This good news from 'Jeopardy!' host Alex Trebek

— an illness with a five-year survival rate of only 9 percent. Trebek called his positive response to chemotherapy"kind of mind-boggling."People,Trebek, 79, says the progress brought him"tears of joy." He still has several more rounds of chemotherapy before the cancer could go into full remission."I've got a couple million people out there who have expressed their good thoughts, their positive energy directed towards me and their prayers," he told People.

Trebek revealed his diagnosis in early March, and said he planned to keep working and fighting the illness even though the odds were against him."Keep the faith and we'll win. We'll get it done," he said in a video announcement. about the excruciating pain he has endured while sticking to his job. He said that in between taping two"Jeopardy!" shows, he was writhing in pain and crying in his dressing room.

"But I got through it," he said."And the producers were very kind. They said, 'Look, if you don't wanna do the show we'll just cancel taping.' I said, 'No. We're here. We're doing the shows.'"

 

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