Best-selling author Pat Controy, envisioned outside of his South Carolina house in 2000, exposed he has actually cancer
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02/15/2016 AT 05:00 PM EST
Author Pat Conroy has actually been diagnosed along with pancreatic cancer, his publicist confirmed about Monday.
The 70-year-aged writer, Finest known when it come to The Prince of Tides took to Facebook to reveal his diagnosis and inform advocates he is being treated at a hospital in Houston.
“I have actually been diagnosed along with pancreatic cancer,” Conroy pointed out in the post. “along with the insight of the pleasant individuals at M.D. Anderson [Cancer Center], I hope to struggle it hard. I am grateful to every one of my preferred readers, my good friends and my family members when it come to their prayers. I owe you a novel and hope to provide it.”
His publisher, Doubleday, confirmed the information in a declaration got by PEOPLE.
“Pat is right now undergoing therapy at M.D. Anderson, where he is getting great treatment and assist from his doctors,” the declaration said. “The Conroy family members asks when it come to personal privacy at this time as Pat fights his tough disease along with the exact same spirit of guts that has actually forged his writing career.”
Two of Conroy’s novels, The Prince of Tides and The Terrific Santini, were adjusted in to Oscar-nominated films.
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