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Posted: 2019-10-06T13:51:33Z | Updated: 2019-10-06T13:51:33Z

Jeopardy ! host Alex Trebek said he is hanging in there as he undergoes another round of chemotherapy to treat his cancer.

Speaking to CTV News anchor Lisa LaFlamme on Friday, Trebek who first underwent chemotherapy for stage 4 pancreatic cancer in March said he was taking the steps needed to keep fighting the disease.

So were back on the chemo and well see if the numbers go down. And if they do ... they cant keep doing it forever of course. Theyll have to find a new protocol or whatever to administer, Trebek told LaFlamme ahead of an appearance at his alma mater, the University of Ottawa. Well play it by ear and keep chugging along until we either win or lose.

Trebek, who has hosted Jeopardy! for 35 years , said he has lived a good life and is not afraid of dying.

[Ive lived] a full life, and Im nearing the end of that life ... if it happens, why should I be afraid that? the 79-year-old said. One thing theyre not going to say at my funeral, as a part of a eulogy, is, He was taken from us too soon.

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Alex Trebek talks to @LisaLaFlammeCTV about his cancer treatment and future plans for Jeopardy!, tonight on @CTVNationalNews pic.twitter.com/TOQLtcYK9v

CTV News (@CTVNews) October 4, 2019

Trebek said in August that hed gone through a lot of chemotherapy but that hed finished the treatments and was thankfully on the mend. Weeks later, however, he revealed hed resumed chemotherapy after his numbers went south.

It appears I will be having more chemo treatments ahead of me, he said last month.

Trebek said Friday that the treatments were easier now in some ways because he had a better idea of what to expect.

Now I know the day after chemo, my eyesight gets messed up a little. The next day after that, I start getting pains in my joints, he told LaFlamme.

Trebek has received an outpouring of support and encouragement since he went public with his diagnosis.

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