Veteran actor Tom Alter is suffering from cancer!

Senior actor Tom Alter, who is 67-year-old, is suffering from stage four cancer and is being treated at a Mumbai Hospital, revealed his son. His son Jamie, who is upset with some factually incorrect stories about his father suffering from stage four bone cancer spoke to IANS over the phone. He said, “It is what is called a squamous cell carcinoma (a type of skin cancer). It is a relapse of the same thing which had happened last year and unfortunately, for various reasons, it was not detected at that time and has come back.”

Last year, Tom Alter had to get his thumb amputated because of the serious condition. His son said that now he is in stage four. He has been admitted in Mumbai’s Saifee Hospital since a week. Jamie added, “He is fighting it well. He is showing the will to battle it out. He is under the best care possible. Various doctors across the country are in consultation. As a family, we are very happy with the treatment he is getting. His bodily functions are absolutely fine. The doctors are very happy with that. The past one week has gone in getting him in a state of physical strength, whereby the doctor is able to start the next round of medication.” He further said, “We will be releasing statements to the media as and when things happen.” (Also Read: Tom Alter performs play on Sahir Ludhianvi for school kids)

Tom Alter is an American-origin actor settled in India. He has been a part of movies like ‘Gandhi, ‘Kranti’, ‘Aashiqui’ and ‘Parinda’, to name a few. The director of his short film ‘The Black Cat’, Bhargav Saikia, had invited him for a special screening of the movie in Mussoorie last week. But, due to his ailment he couldn’t make it. Saikia said over the phone to IANS, “I met him last in July. He was fine, and his health was okay. He was working on a theatre production and was also doing some serial. We were last in touch in early August via email. But when I emailed him towards end of August to invite him for the Mussoorie screening, I didn’t receive any response. That’s when I got to know through his manager about his hospitalisation. It is very unfortunate.”

We wish the actor a speedy recovery.

Inputs from IANS

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