Patrick Swayze Near Death Tabloid Reports Dispell...

Patrick Swayze is firing back at tabloid reports that he is losing his battle with pancreatic cancer.

This week’s edition of The National Enquirer featured a photo of a thin Patrick, taken as the star was leaving a doctor’s office on March 3, under the headline “The End.”

The End? Not hardly, Patrick says.

“It’s amazing to me that the tabloids, such as The National Enquirer, print such negative stories about me and my health when there are so many positive things going on in my life right now,” Patrick said in a statement to the media on Wednesday.

“I’ve started a new chemotherapy and, once again, I am one of the lucky ones with pancreatic cancer that is responding well to the treatment.”

“There is a brand new, twelve week old, Rhodesian Ridgeback puppy named Kumasai in my life who is gorgeous and already showing that he will be one special dog. I am starting work on my new book, in addition to enjoying the fantastic response from everyone on my A&E series ‘The Beast,’” the statement continued. “I hope in the future, the press will think twice about printing inaccuracies and painting an unpleasant picture when I have so much to be thankful for at this time.”