ABC News confirms reports that Patrick Swayze has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. However, contrary to other published reports, the actor is not expected to have only a few weeks left. “Patrick has a very limited amount of disease and he appears to be responding well to treatment thus far,” Swayze’s physician, Dr. George Fisher said in a statement released by the actor’s publicist. “All of the reports stating the time frame of his prognosis and his physical side effects are absolutely untrue. We are considerably more optimistic.”