{"id":31487,"date":"2026-07-23T15:10:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T15:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=31487"},"modified":"2026-07-23T15:10:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T15:10:26","slug":"william-shatner-95-reveals-he-and-his-daughter-were-diagnosed-with-stage-4-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=31487","title":{"rendered":"William Shatner, 95, Reveals He and His Daughter Were Diagnosed With Stage 4 Cancer."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ad_ph\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">William Shatner and his daughter Melanie Shatner Gretsch revealed they were both battling <strong>Stage 4 cancer at the same time<\/strong>\u2014one of the hardest moments of their lives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Melanie discovered a lump that turned out to be aggressive <strong>HER2-positive breast cancer<\/strong>. She underwent chemotherapy, radiation, and a double mastectomy during her 18-month treatment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">While she was recovering, Shatner found a lump on his cheek. Doctors later diagnosed him with <strong>Stage 4 melanoma<\/strong> that had spread to his lungs and brain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Despite their diagnoses, the father and daughter supported each other through their battles. Shatner continued working while receiving treatment, and he encouraged Melanie throughout her recovery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">After years of treatment, both were declared <strong>cancer-free in late 2024<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Now 95, Shatner says he appreciates life more than ever and continues staying active, proving that hope and strength can carry people through even the darkest moments.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yrBBfPAuTaI?si=DL2HDJZX2ZqDdgX8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William Shatner and his daughter Melanie Shatner Gretsch revealed they were both battling Stage 4 cancer at the same time\u2014one of the hardest moments of their lives. Melanie discovered a lump that turned out to be aggressive HER2-positive breast cancer. She underwent chemotherapy, radiation, and a double mastectomy during her 18-month treatment. While she was&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=31487\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;William Shatner, 95, Reveals He and His Daughter Were Diagnosed With Stage 4 Cancer.&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31488,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31487"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31489,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31487\/revisions\/31489"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}