what type of cancer did patrick swayze die from?
Pancreatic cancer
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 On one day during his treatments , as his wife was wheeling him down a hospital corridor , Cullen went into cardiac arrest , requiring doctors to use a defibrillator to revive him . He underwent a bone marrow transplant that briefly reduced his immune system to the point that he could have very little human contact . Another examination in April 1998 revealed that the cancer was finally gone , and Cullen immediately began training for a comeback . 

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 Johnson had several health problems , including childhood tuberculous scrofula resulting in deep facial scarring , deafness in one ear and blindness in one eye , gout , testicular cancer , and a stroke in his final year that left him unable to speak ; his autopsy indicated that he had pulmonary fibrosis along with cardiac failure probably due to hypertension , a condition then unknown . Johnson displayed signs consistent with several diagnoses , including depression and Tourette syndrome ( TS ) . 

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 Sutton was diagnosed with stage 3B colorectal cancer at the age of 15 , and subsequently went through aggressive radiation and chemotherapy treatments . He was declared cancer @-@ free , but a tumour returned behind his knee , which was treated by further chemotherapy . Doctors considered an amputation of Sutton 's left leg , but the tumour had already spread to other parts of his lower body . In December 2012 , two years after the initial diagnosis , the cancer was deemed incurable after spreading to the lungs and liver . Sutton did not ask how long he was expected to survive , choosing to measure his life in the difference he could make , rather than in time . On 24 January 2014 , in a speech at London 's O2 Arena , he called his first diagnosis " a good thing . It was a huge kick up the backside , it taught me to take nothing for granted , and gave me a lot of motivation for life " . 

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 In July 2005 Chrisye was admitted to Pondok Indah Hospital , complaining of breathing difficulties . After 13 days of treatment he was moved to the Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore , where he was diagnosed with lung cancer . Although concerned about losing his hair , which he considered part of his image , he underwent the first of six rounds of chemotherapy on 2 August 2005 . 

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 He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2006 . In 2012 , McKellen stated on his blog that " There is no cause for alarm . I am examined regularly and the cancer is contained . I 've not needed any treatment . " 
