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Topic: pancreatic cancer

Doctor advising cancer patient while examining x-ray (Getty Images/Maskot)

Cancer is rising in people under 50

Ashleigh Hamilton - The Conversation
Alex Trebek poses in the press room during the 46th annual Daytime Emmy Awards at Pasadena Civic Center on May 05, 2019 in Pasadena, California. (Gregg DeGuire/Getty Images)

Trebek has survived cancer for one year

Matthew Rozsa
Alex Trebek (Getty/Gregg DeGuire)

Trebek tears up during "Jeopardy"

Matthew Rozsa
TV personality Alex Trebek attends the screening of 'The Bridge on The River Kwai' during the 2017 TCM Classic Film Festival on April 7, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for TCM)

Trebek opens up about dying of cancer

Matthew Rozsa
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Alex Trebek poses in the press room at the 46th annual Daytime Emmy Awards at the Pasadena Civic Center on Sunday, May 5, 2019, in Pasadena, Calif. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Alex Trebek: "Why should I be afraid?"

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Alex Trebek (Getty/Gregg DeGuire)

Trebek recovering from pancreatic cancer

Matthew Rozsa
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The crime we committed for her

Annabelle Gurwitch
(AP/Domenico Stinellis)

Katie McDonough
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