Michael Douglas has beaten his cancer.
"I feel good, relieved," Douglas tells Matt Lauer in an interview scheduled to air on the Today show Tuesday. "The tumor is gone. But, you know, I have to check out on a monthly basis now to maintain."
Nevertheless, he's optimistic that hes cancer-free after going through radiation and chemotherapy to treat a tumor on the base of his tongue.
"I think the odds are with the tumor gone," Douglas, 66, says, "and what I know about this particular type of cancer [is] that I've got it beat."
With the good news, Douglas says he'll continue to monitor his health and "take a couple of months of getting checked out. But it's been a wild six-month ride."
And as he recovers, the actor says his appetite is back and he's slowly gaining the weight he lost during his illness. "I lost about 32 lbs.," he says. "And I've put about 12 back. But, I mean, I got another 20, 25 to go."
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