Cancer-stricken Swayze in hospital with pneumonia: reportsCancer-stricken actor Patrick Swayze has checked himself into hospital after coming down with pneumonia, US media report said Friday. Swayze's condition was revealed at a press event for the Television Critics Association The Television Critics Association (or TCA) is a group of approximately 200 United States and Canadian journalists and columnists who cover television programming. They meet in the Los Angeles area twice a year, in January and July, in conferences known as Winter and Summer in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , where Swayze had been due to appear to promote his new television series "The Beast" on the A&E channel. "Patrick Swayze has checked himself into the hospital ... we wish him the very best with his recovery," A&E president Abbe Raven was quoted as saying. Swayze's spokesperson could not be immediately contacted for comment. The development surrounding the "Ghost" and "Dirty Dancing" star comes just days after an interview in which he admitted he was "going through hell" in his fight with pancreatic cancer pancreatic cancer Malignant tumour of the pancreas. Risk factors include smoking, a diet high in fat, exposure to certain industrial products, and diseases such as diabetes and chronic pancreatitis. Pancreatic cancer is more common in men. . The 56-year-old heart-throb told ABC television ABC Television may refer to:
"You can bet that I'm going through hell," Swayze said."I'm at the beginning of my battle. And I expect it to be a long hard battle, one that I'm gonna win according to certain rules & the rules that the cancer isn't going away." He also categorically denied reports that he was close to death. "Am I dying? Am I giving up? Am I on my deathbed? Am I saying goodbye to people? No way," he stated. 
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