Stars have been sending actor Patrick Swayze messages of support since the news was released that Swayze was fighting pancreatic cancer, Britain's Telegraph newspaper reports.
Whoopi Goldberg, who acted with Swayze in the film "Ghost," said, blowing a kiss: "We want you to feel better and we will talk soon, I hope,"
"It is so sad," Swayze's "Dirty Dancing" co-star, Jennifer Grey, said, according to the Telegraph. "If I saw him on the streets today, I'd throw my arms around him and love him up."
The National Enquirer released news of Swayze's cancer on Wednesday. Swayze's representative confirmed the claim but said doctors are optimistic about his treatment for what is typically a fatal disease.
If pancreatic cancer, which effects about 30,000 people a year, is caught in its advanced stage it has less than a five percent survival rate over a five year span. When caught early and treated aggressively with surgery and chemotherapy — and if the cancer has not spread to lymph nodes — the five-year survival rate can increase up to 17 to 25 percent.
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