Patrick Swayze Returns To Work


Self-described ‘miracle man’ Patrick Swayze looked a picture of health as he returned to work for the first time since he was diagnosed with cancer.

The ‘Dirty Dancing’ star smiled as he appeared on set at the start of filming on began his new project, a television show, ‘The Beast’ in Chicago, in which he plays an FBI agent.

Swayze smiled in the sunshine and showed little evidence of the pancreatic cancer diagnosis which saw the actor initially given just weeks to live.


Picture of health: Patrick Swayze smiles as he heads back to work for the first time on the set of his new television show

His illness was diagnosed in January. Since then the actor is thought to have undergone radical chemotherapy.

The 55-year-old recently branded himself ‘a miracle’, for surviving the past five months after doctors diagnosed him with the disease.

The Hollywood star was joined on the set of the A&E drama by his wife Lisa Niemi.


Miracle man: The actor described his recovery as ‘a miracle’ after he wfollowing the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer


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