Alex Trebek says he will stop cancer treatment if chemotherapy fails

Alex Trebek says if his latest round of chemotherapy isn’t successful, he will stop treatment. In his up-and-down battle with stage 4 pancreatic cancer, the beloved “Jeopardy!” host is struggling with side effects of the chemo, including pain that keeps him awake at night. “Yesterday morning my wife came to me and said, ‘How are …

Alex Trebek says if his latest round of chemotherapy isn’t successful, he will stop treatment.

In his up-and-down battle with stage 4 pancreatic cancer, the beloved “Jeopardy!” host is struggling with side effects of the chemo, including pain that keeps him awake at night.

“Yesterday morning my wife came to me and said, ‘How are you feeling?’ And I said, ‘I feel like I want to die.’ It was that bad,” he told the New York Times.

“There comes a time where you have to make a decision as to whether you want to continue with such a low quality of life, or whether you want to just ease yourself into the next level. It doesn’t bother me in the least.”

Working in a studio set up in his LA home over the past several months has boosted his strength, he said: “It’s the strangest thing. It is some kind of an elixir.”

Since the coronavirus shutdown, Trebek has taped introductions to yet-unaired episodes of the popular quiz show, which he has hosted since 1984.

Once production resumes, Trebek — who turns 80 on July 22 — plans to keep making the show for as long as he can. But he worries about his performance, and speech problems.

“It’s a quality program, and I think I do a good job hosting it, and when I start slipping, I’ll stop hosting,” he told the Times.

Trebek is “currently doing well,” a representative told People.

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