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Actor William Shatner, 94, has broken his silence concerning his daughter Melanie Shatner Gretsch\u2019s past battle with Stage 4 breast cancer. <\/p>\n
Gretsch is the daughter of Shatner and his first ex-wife, Gloria Rand. <\/p>\n
In an interview with \u201cOn the Red Carpet<\/a>\u201d back in September, Shatner hinted at the idea of the two teaming up for a podcast, where they would talk about the secrets of longevity. <\/p>\n \u201cMy daughter who had breast cancer, Stage Four, is cured because of the luck of finding the doctor whose chemicals he invented 10 years ago were directly applied to this particular cancer. So she got through her cancer,\u201d the 94-year-old said during the interview.<\/p>\n Shatner himself has also had a few health issues, including Stage 4 melanoma and prostate cancer. <\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve had some illnesses. I don\u2019t want to discuss it now, but I\u2019m aware of what it\u2019s like to have the magic of medicine dealing with cancer and age,\u201d Shatner explained. \u201cThere is this combination between my daughter and myself that we can speak about \u2018How are you going to live longer?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n To Shatner, the key to living longer is \u201cembedding yourself in life [and] to take advantage of every opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYou have to mix it up, to do something unusual, to do something different. That energy energizes your cells and keeps you young. That\u2019s the key to youth,\u201d he noted. <\/p>\n Back in 2024, Gretsch spoke about her breast cancer battle in an October 2024 interview with UCLA Health<\/a>, alongside UCLA Health breast surgical oncologist Carlie Thompson, MD. <\/p>\n Gretsch, 61, had a double mastectomy. <\/p>\n During the interview, Thompson shared that while \u201cMelanie was stage 4\u201d she and her UCLA Health team, which also included UCLA Health oncologist John Glaspy, MD, and radiation oncologist Joanne Weidhass, MD, PhD, believed Gretsch \u201cwas one of those rare cases of stage 4 breast cancer that was curable\u201d due to it only going to her chest lymph nodes, not to her vital organs.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s two different treatment pathways if you are treating breast cancer that has not spread versus breast cancer that has spread or metastasized,\u201d said Thompson.<\/p>\n Fortunately, Gretsch went through an 18-month treatment plan that began in 2022 that consisted of \u201cchemotherapy, targeted therapy, surgery and radiation.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDr. Thompson says I did the maximum. There is no more they could have thrown at me,\u201d Gretsch said in the UCLA Health interview.<\/p>\n \u201cShe really had the lengthiest and most invasive treatment that a patient can go through.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe had to be particularly aggressive about her treatment,\u201d the doctor said of the former actress. <\/p>\n \u201cFor now, we can say that she is cured,\u201d Thompson added. <\/p>\n \u201cThe chance of the cancer coming back in Melanie is probably a little bit higher just because she had those cells that got out initially. However, she had a phenomenal response to the treatment and we are all very, very hopeful that this means a long-term cure for her,\u201d the doctor revealed in the interview. <\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. 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