{"id":91177,"date":"2026-07-28T15:17:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T15:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/william-shatner-and-daughter-melanie-recall-fighting-stage-4-cancer-together-we-would-survive\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T15:17:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T15:17:27","slug":"william-shatner-and-daughter-melanie-recall-fighting-stage-4-cancer-together-we-would-survive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/william-shatner-and-daughter-melanie-recall-fighting-stage-4-cancer-together-we-would-survive\/","title":{"rendered":"William Shatner and daughter Melanie recall fighting stage 4 cancer together: &#8220;We would survive&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>William Shatner and his daughter, Melanie Shatner Gretsch, are opening up about a terrifying journey they shared together \u2014 battling stage 4 cancer at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>The Star Trek icon explained three years ago he had a lump that a doctor told him was a salivary gland \u2014 but after a month the lump started to grow so he asked a friend who was a doctor to examine it.<\/p>\n<p>He was told it needed to be removed, which was also confirmed by an oncologist.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It had spread to my brain,&#8221; Shatner said. &#8220;There were little points of light in my brain and little points of light \u2026 I think in my lung.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The diagnosis was stage 4 malignant melanoma.<\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;You need to check again&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Nearly a year before Shatner, now 95 years old, was diagnosed, his daughter found a lump on her breast. 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