LOS ANGELES – Michael Douglas said Tuesday he felt optimistic about recovering from throat cancer but drew gasps when he told a television audience he had the most advanced stage.
The 65-year-old “Wall Street” actor told TV talk-show host David Letterman that a biopsy indicated that his cancer was at stage 4, which he described as “intense, and so they’ve got to go at it …”
Letterman asked whether stage 4 was a good diagnosis.
“Um no,” Douglas replied, according to a transcript provided by CBS’ “Late Show with David Letterman.” Read more…
