Michael Douglas has throat tumour
Hollywood star Michael Douglas is fighting throat cancer.
A spokesman for the 65-year-old Oscar winner told People magazine that he is to undergo eight weeks of radiation and chemotherapy.
His doctors expect Douglas to make a full recovery, the spokesman added.
“I am very optimistic,” Douglas said in a brief statement.
Douglas has starred in hits such as Fatal Attraction (1988), Wall Street (1988), War Of The Roses (1990), Basic Instinct (1992) and Traffic (2001).
Later this year he will appear in the Wall Street sequel, Oliver Stone’s Money Never Sleeps.
Douglas has been married since 2000 to Welsh actress Catherine Zeta-Jones. They have two children.
Douglas also has a son, Cameron, from his earlier marriage to Diandra Douglas.
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