US EditionLegendary Soap Star 'Defying the Odds' After Being Given Incurable Diagnosis
Ian Smith, diagnosed with a rare lung cancer in December 2024, reports stable disease markers after three immunotherapy treatments, defying initial prognosis.
- This year, Neighbours legend Ian Smith offered fans a health update, revealing immunotherapy has stabilised his terminal lung cancer with unchanged markers over three treatments.
- Ian Smith first revealed the diagnosis earlier; the 87-year-old actor was diagnosed with pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma, a rare terminal lung cancer, and was told he had only four months to live.
- Smith has undergone three rounds of chemotherapy and described taking short immunotherapy sessions about an hour every three weeks, saying he `put his hands up to be a guinea pig` to `stay alive with quality`.
- Despite stepping back from Neighbours earlier this year, Ian Smith is defying the odds and determined to continue working after Harold Bishop's exit to Queensland on Ramsay Street.
- Earlier this year the show was announced as ending after being axed for the third time in 40 years, with producers lining up familiar cast members for Neighbours' December final episode.
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