{"id":141326,"date":"2026-08-01T14:48:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T18:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/william-shatner-says-doctor-dismissed-key-warning-sign-before-stage-4-cancer-diagnosis-141326"},"modified":"2026-08-01T14:48:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T18:48:35","slug":"william-shatner-says-doctor-dismissed-key-warning-sign-before-stage-4-cancer-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/william-shatner-says-doctor-dismissed-key-warning-sign-before-stage-4-cancer-diagnosis-141326","title":{"rendered":"William Shatner says doctor dismissed key warning sign before stage 4 cancer diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

William Shatner<\/a> is revealing the terrifying health scare that nearly went unnoticed.<\/p>\n

The 95-year-old actor said a doctor initially dismissed a lump before a second opinion led to a shocking stage 4 malignant melanoma<\/a> diagnosis.<\/p>\n

“So I had a lump and the doctor, friendly doctor said, ‘Oh, it’s a salivary gland. Just massage it there,'” Shatner recalled on “CBS Mornings”<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n

WILLIAM SHATNER AND DAUGHTER MELANIE REVEAL THEY BATTLED STAGE 4 CANCER AT THE SAME TIME<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

A concerned Shatner turned to a doctor friend for another opinion.<\/p>\n

“And he put his hands here,” he said, touching his face, “and he said, ‘You better get this out,\u2019 like that.”<\/p>\n

That second opinion led to a life-saving diagnosis.<\/p>\n

Shatner said an oncologist told him, “We got to take that out now.”<\/p>\n

LIKE WHAT YOU\u2019RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

He continued to explain how the cancer had already grown inside his body.<\/p>\n

“It had spread to my brain. There were little points of light in my brain and little points of light, I think, in my lung,” he said. “Stage four.”<\/p>\n

DAVE COULIER REVEALS 45-POUND WEIGHT LOSS, GRUELING SIDE EFFECTS FROM CANCER FIGHTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Shatner underwent surgery<\/a> to remove the tumor and later completed two years of immunotherapy.<\/p>\n

But while Shatner was battling his cancer, his daughter was fighting her own life-threatening diagnosis.<\/p>\n

Melanie Shatner Gretsch discovered a lump in her breast nearly a year before her father’s diagnosis. Although a mammogram months earlier had not detected anything concerning, she trusted her instincts and pushed for another check.<\/p>\n

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

At first, she thought she was in the clear.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“Something just said, \u2018you need to check again,\u2019” she said in the joint interview with her beloved father.<\/p>\n

But the cancer was far more aggressive than she realized.<\/p>\n

“And I [would have] died because it was a super aggressive kind of cancer, breast cancer, and it had already escaped the breast wall and had gone into my chest,” Gretsch said.<\/p>\n

Her treatment was intense \u2014 months of chemotherapy, 30 rounds of radiation, a double mastectomy and a year of immunotherapy.<\/p>\n

During her health battle<\/a>, Gretsch said there was one moment when she needed her father more than ever.<\/p>\n

“I was just in one of those moments where you want your daddy, you know, like you’re little. You’re feeling very little, and you’re feeling, \u2018this is really scary.\u2019 And I called him,” she said.<\/p>\n

By the end of 2024, both Shatner and Gretsch were declared cancer-free.<\/p>\n

Gretsch said telling her father the news was an emotional milestone.<\/p>\n

“It was the third time in my life I had heard him cry,” she admitted.<\/p>\n

The actor, who became the oldest man to travel to space<\/a> aboard a Blue Origin rocket, has continued working despite his health scare, with new books, a podcast and music projects on the way.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/william-shatner-says-doctor-dismissed-key-warning-sign-before-stage-4-cancer-diagnosis <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

William Shatner is revealing the terrifying health scare that nearly went unnoticed. The 95-year-old actor said a doctor initially dismissed a lump before a second […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-141326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWilliam Shatner says doctor dismissed key warning sign before stage 4 cancer diagnosis - Wall Street PR<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/william-shatner-says-doctor-dismissed-key-warning-sign-before-stage-4-cancer-diagnosis-141326\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"William Shatner says doctor dismissed key warning sign before stage 4 cancer diagnosis - Wall Street PR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"William Shatner is revealing the terrifying health scare that nearly went unnoticed. The 95-year-old actor said a doctor initially dismissed a lump before a second […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/william-shatner-says-doctor-dismissed-key-warning-sign-before-stage-4-cancer-diagnosis-141326\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Wall Street PR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-08-01T18:48:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/businessman-showing-business-evolution1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"715\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"423\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/william-shatner-says-doctor-dismissed-key-warning-sign-before-stage-4-cancer-diagnosis-141326#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/william-shatner-says-doctor-dismissed-key-warning-sign-before-stage-4-cancer-diagnosis-141326\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36\"},\"headline\":\"William Shatner says doctor dismissed key warning sign before stage 4 cancer diagnosis\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-01T18:48:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/william-shatner-says-doctor-dismissed-key-warning-sign-before-stage-4-cancer-diagnosis-141326\"},\"wordCount\":518,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Market News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/william-shatner-says-doctor-dismissed-key-warning-sign-before-stage-4-cancer-diagnosis-141326\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/william-shatner-says-doctor-dismissed-key-warning-sign-before-stage-4-cancer-diagnosis-141326\",\"name\":\"William Shatner says doctor dismissed key warning sign before stage 4 cancer diagnosis - Wall Street PR\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-01T18:48:35+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/william-shatner-says-doctor-dismissed-key-warning-sign-before-stage-4-cancer-diagnosis-141326#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/william-shatner-says-doctor-dismissed-key-warning-sign-before-stage-4-cancer-diagnosis-141326\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/william-shatner-says-doctor-dismissed-key-warning-sign-before-stage-4-cancer-diagnosis-141326#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"William Shatner says doctor dismissed key warning sign before stage 4 cancer diagnosis\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/\",\"name\":\"Wall Street PR\",\"description\":\"Latest News From WallStreet\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Wall Street PR\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png\",\"width\":537,\"height\":70,\"caption\":\"Wall Street PR\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/WallstreetPRs\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/author\/admin\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"William Shatner says doctor dismissed key warning sign before stage 4 cancer diagnosis - Wall Street PR","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/william-shatner-says-doctor-dismissed-key-warning-sign-before-stage-4-cancer-diagnosis-141326","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"William Shatner says doctor dismissed key warning sign before stage 4 cancer diagnosis - Wall Street PR","og_description":"William Shatner is revealing the terrifying health scare that nearly went unnoticed. The 95-year-old actor said a doctor initially dismissed a lump before a second […]","og_url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/william-shatner-says-doctor-dismissed-key-warning-sign-before-stage-4-cancer-diagnosis-141326","og_site_name":"Wall Street PR","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/","article_published_time":"2026-08-01T18:48:35+00:00","og_image":[{"width":715,"height":423,"url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/businessman-showing-business-evolution1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/william-shatner-says-doctor-dismissed-key-warning-sign-before-stage-4-cancer-diagnosis-141326#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/william-shatner-says-doctor-dismissed-key-warning-sign-before-stage-4-cancer-diagnosis-141326"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36"},"headline":"William Shatner says doctor dismissed key warning sign before stage 4 cancer diagnosis","datePublished":"2026-08-01T18:48:35+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/william-shatner-says-doctor-dismissed-key-warning-sign-before-stage-4-cancer-diagnosis-141326"},"wordCount":518,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Market News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/william-shatner-says-doctor-dismissed-key-warning-sign-before-stage-4-cancer-diagnosis-141326","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/william-shatner-says-doctor-dismissed-key-warning-sign-before-stage-4-cancer-diagnosis-141326","name":"William Shatner says doctor dismissed key warning sign before stage 4 cancer diagnosis - Wall Street PR","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-08-01T18:48:35+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/william-shatner-says-doctor-dismissed-key-warning-sign-before-stage-4-cancer-diagnosis-141326#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/william-shatner-says-doctor-dismissed-key-warning-sign-before-stage-4-cancer-diagnosis-141326"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/william-shatner-says-doctor-dismissed-key-warning-sign-before-stage-4-cancer-diagnosis-141326#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"William Shatner says doctor dismissed key warning sign before stage 4 cancer diagnosis"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/","name":"Wall Street PR","description":"Latest News From WallStreet","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization","name":"Wall Street PR","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png","width":537,"height":70,"caption":"Wall Street PR"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/","https:\/\/x.com\/WallstreetPRs"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg","caption":"admin"},"url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/author\/admin"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141326\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141326"},{"taxonomy":"stock_ticker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stock_ticker?post=141326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}