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Fawcett treated for cancer's spread to liver
Really sad. One of the pictures of her shows what she is going through.
News that the cancer has spread to such a distant site is dire news, but she is still fighting. The 62-year-old "Charlie's Angels" star was diagnosed with anal cancer in 2006, and originally was treated at The Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center with chemotherapy and radiation — not surgery as some have reported, Nevius said. She was declared in remission on Feb 2, 2007, but three months later, scans showed "not only had it recurred, it metastasized to her liver,"
She is in Germany undergoing experimental treatment.
After the procedure in Germany, Piro said Fawcett flew back to Los Angeles because she was eager to go home. In a statement released earlier, Piro said Fawcett was using a wheelchair because it was painful for her to walk. "That pain, which was coming from a hematoma, had nothing directly to do with the cancer," Piro said.
Nevius said Fawcett is expected to leave the hospital in a few days. He said her support system includes former partner Ryan O'Neal, her father and "Charlie's Angels" co-stars Kate Jackson and Jaclyn Smith. PR people have tried to stress the gatherings of those close to her are not part of any death watch.
Her son Redmond O'Neal is in jail from recent drug charges.


