LA Now reports that her friend/producer Craig Nevius confirmed Monday to Associated Press that the 62-year-old "Charlie's Angels" star has been hospitalized for a blood clot, a side effect of treatment she underwent in Germany. But she's not near death.
Fawcett was diagnosed in 2006 with anal cancer, which has since spread to her liver, the AP reports. She was hospitalized because of bleeding from a minor procedure.
Anal cancers are relatively rare, affecting about 5,100 Americans a year and killing 680, according to the American Cancer Society.About 85% of people are cured, although a person's odds of survival depends heavily on the stage of cancer at diagnosis, says Peter Kozuch, an oncologist at Beth Israel Medical Center Phillips Ambulatory Care Center in New York.
"She's doing fantastic," Nevius said. "Her fight goes on. ... She's not going anywhere anytime soon."
"He aiso added: "As previously reported by everybody, she's not unconscious. She is not on death's door. The family has not gathered to say goodbye."
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