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William Shatner<\/a> and his 61-year-old daughter revealed this week that the two of them battled cancer at the same time several years ago.<\/p>\n

Melanie Shatner Gretsch first discovered her cancer four years ago when she woke up in the middle of the night and felt a little lump on her breast that she thought might be a bug bite.<\/p>\n

She told People magazine <\/a>she decided to have it checked out despite a mammogram not finding anything just five months before.<\/p>\n

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Although the technician didn\u2019t find anything during the scan the next day, “something pushed me back and said, \u2018No, have her recheck it.\u2019 She put the wand exactly where I put my finger and under her breath said, \u2018Now, I would have missed that.\u2019”<\/p>\n

She was diagnosed with HER2-positive breast cancer<\/a> that had spread to lymph nodes in her chest.<\/p>\n

Shatner said his daughter was “very conscious of the importance of her life for herself and for her family. I was devastated.”<\/p>\n

Gretsch is a mother to two daughters whom she shares with husband Joel Gretsch.<\/p>\n

Gretsch said her father told her not to worry about the medical costs and to send him the bills.<\/p>\n

“Then you made me laugh so hard when I was still going to the doctor a year later,” she added. “You said, \u2018You\u2019ve got to get well. We\u2019re going to be in the poorhouse!\u2019”<\/p>\n

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For the next 18 months, her life was filled with multiple rounds of chemo, 30 radiation treatments and a double mastectomy.<\/p>\n

“Chemo was the most physically draining, and the radiation I found so emotionally draining,” she admitted.<\/p>\n

Just as she was nearing the end of her treatments, a lump appeared on her dad\u2019s cheek.<\/p>\n

He said a family doctor told him it was just a blocked salivary gland that was nothing to worry about, but a doctor friend whose advice he asked while they were horseback riding advised him to get it removed.<\/p>\n

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“He placed his hands on my cheeks, and he said with love in his voice, \u2018You better get this out,\u2019” Shatner explained.<\/p>\n

In June 2023, Shatner was diagnosed stage 4 malignant melanoma<\/a> that had spread to his lungs and brain.<\/p>\n

“I remember vividly thinking, \u2018I don\u2019t have the strength to take care of myself and lose my father at the same time,\u2019” Gretsch admitted.<\/p>\n

Shatner was more upbeat. “They said, \u2018You got cancer. If you came in later, you would have been dead.\u2019 See? That\u2019s my life. I think the universe is taking care of me.”<\/p>\n

The 95-year-old had the tumor removed and underwent two years of immunotherapy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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“He wouldn\u2019t stop his life,” his daughter told People magazine. “He kept working and moving forward. Whenever he was home, Joel and I would bring dinner to him and watch movies, just always made sure that he\u2019s not alone.”<\/p>\n

Shatner added, “We got the perfect doctors for her cancer and my cancer.”<\/p>\n

The “Star Trek” actor, who was the oldest man in space when he went up in a Blue Origin rocket, has stayed busy with two new books and two records, all expected to come out next year.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m healthier now<\/a> than I\u2019ve been in years,” Shatner said. “The brain is like a muscle. It feeds on activity.”<\/p>\n

Near the end of 2024, they were declared cancer free<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“It was the third time in my life I had heard him cry,” Gretsch admitted of telling him her cancer was gone.<\/p>\n

Shatner said the experience has given him a new perspective on life.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m thinking of the miracle of a hummingbird, and of my dog taking a ball, and my children,” he said. “I\u2019m aware of the magic of it all.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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