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Swayze Gives Up All Treatment

Doctors can do no more for actor

By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 29, 2009 11:03 AM CST

(Newser) – Patrick Swayze has given up medical treatment after a yearlong struggle with pancreatic cancer, the Mirror reports. “There's nothing more doctors can do for him. The goal now is to keep him comfortable,” a family friend told the National Enquirer. “They have... Read full story »

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