Post by Steve Gardner on Mar 5, 2008 19:00:31 GMT
...with cancer with just five weeks to live', claims U.S. magazine
It seems The National Enquirer is the only source for this news item at the moment, which is why most are reporting this with a degree of caution.
This is about the most mainstream I could find.
Source: Daily Mail
It seems The National Enquirer is the only source for this news item at the moment, which is why most are reporting this with a degree of caution.
This is about the most mainstream I could find.
Source: Daily Mail
For the past month, the 55-year-old actor has been travelling to Stanford University's prestigious cancer centre in Palo Alto for radical chemotherapy, The National Enquirer has reported.
The publication asserts Mr Swayze and his wife Lisa Niemi, who both have pilot's licences, have been flying their private Beechcraft plane into California's Palo Alto airport.
It is just minutes away from the Stanford Cancer Centre where the actor has allegedly received outpatient treatment.
He received three doses of chemotherapy and the tumour shrank but it was less than his doctors had hoped for, according to the report.
A source was quoted in the magazine as saying: "He was told he could have two more treatments, but his cancer was not responding.
"In short - they held out little hope for a cure."
One person allegedly shocked at Swayze's appearance during treatment was quoted by the Enquirer as saying: "He looks terrible. He's not going to make it."
Swayze shot to fame with the 1987 hit Dirty Dancing and then became one of Hollywood's most famous leading men after starring in Ghost alongside Demi Moore in 1990.
He is said to have lost more than 1.5 stone in the past few weeks and is restricted to a liquid diet because he has trouble keeping down solid food.
The source told the magazine: "It's time to start praying for a miracle."
