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Alex Trebek opened up about an emotional decision regarding his cancer treatment in his new memoir 'The Answer Is...: Reflections of My Life,' released Tuesday.

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00:00Alex Trebek is opening up about an emotional decision he made regarding his cancer treatment

00:04in his new memoir, The Answer Is, Reflections on My Life, released on Tuesday.

00:09The longtime Jeopardy! game show host, who is undergoing an experimental immunotherapy

00:13treatment following his stage 4 pancreatic cancer diagnosis, revealed,

00:17I'm going to stick with this current protocol, then that's it.

00:20If it doesn't work, I'll probably stop treatment.

00:23It wasn't an easy conversation, and it isn't any easier writing these words.

00:27Quality of life was an important consideration.

00:29He also says that after telling his family, they all had a good cry, but he's content with his choice.

00:35He writes, I'm not afraid of dying.

00:37Trebek went on to explain that he's proud he's lived a good, full life at 80 years old.

00:42However, Trebek admitted he has recently received some positive news and is going in the right

00:46direction while speaking on Good Morning America on Monday.

00:50He shared that his cancer indicator numbers have dropped from 3,500 to under 100 in just 8 weeks.

00:56Trebek said the doctors told him they've never seen a chart like his.

01:00They usually see it going up.

01:02I'm a bit of an anomaly.

01:04From 3,500 to 100 sounds phenomenal.

01:08Yeah.

01:08To me.

01:08Right?

01:09Yeah.

01:09For more on this story, head to THR.com.

01:12For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.

01:15For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.

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