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Posted: 2020-07-16T17:58:44Z | Updated: 2020-07-16T17:58:44Z

Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek gave an update on his ongoing treatment for pancreatic cancer, telling fans, Im doing well.

Ive been continuing my treatment and it is paying off, though it does fatigue me a great deal, Trebek said in the video posted Thursday on the official Jeopardy! Twitter page. My numbers are good; Im feeling great.

The host said he was looking forward to recording new studio episodes of Jeopardy! and that for the month of July, the show would open its vaults to air fan-favorite episodes, including Trebeks first on-air appearance in 1984. Moustache and all, the host added, referring to the famous facial hair he sported for nearly two decades .

Trebek who holds a Guinness World Record for most gameshow episodes hosted by the same presenter revealed in March 2019 that he had been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer , stressing that he planned to beat the low survival rate statistics for this disease.

This March, Trebek marked a year since his diagnosis and noted the one-year survival rate of 18% for people with stage 4 pancreatic cancer.

The Jeopardy! host said in the March update that hed had sudden massive attacks of great depression during his chemotherapy, but that giving up would be a betrayal of both his wife and other cancer patients who were looking to him as an inspiration and a cheerleader of sorts.