{"id":253410,"date":"2026-07-24T01:17:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T01:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/24\/william-shatner-and-daughter-melanie-battled-stage-4-cancer-at-the-same-time\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T01:17:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T01:17:22","slug":"william-shatner-and-daughter-melanie-battled-stage-4-cancer-at-the-same-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/24\/william-shatner-and-daughter-melanie-battled-stage-4-cancer-at-the-same-time\/","title":{"rendered":"William Shatner and Daughter Melanie Battled Stage 4 Cancer at the Same Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div> Both have been cancer-free since late 2024, after the former Star Trek actor battled malignant melanoma and his daughter dealt with metastatic breast cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Shatner, was diagnosed in 2023 after his daughter noticed a lump forming on his cheek while she was in the midst of intense treatment for her breast cancer, which was diagnosed in 2022. He initially shrugged off the growth as a blocked salivary gland, but it grew, and a plastic surgeon friend of his insisted he undergo the removal of the tumor.<\/p>\n<p>Following this, the actor underwent two years of immunotherapy to treat the cancer. His daughter Melanie&#8217;s treatment consisted of chemotherapy, radiation treatments, and a double mastectomy. <\/p>\n<p>They now have a new wellness podcast, which will launch on July 29.<\/p>\n<p>Source; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-news\/william-shatner-daughter-melanie-stage-4-cancer-1235597019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RollingStone.com<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com\/132633017.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Both have been cancer-free since late 2024, after the former Star Trek actor battled malignant melanoma and his daughter dealt with metastatic breast cancer. Shatner, was diagnosed in 2023 after his daughter noticed a lump forming on his cheek while she was in the midst of intense treatment for her breast cancer, which was diagnosed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":253411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-253410","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}