Nobody puts Patrick Swayze in a corner. The Dirty Dancing actor is fighting mad over new tabloid reports that suggest he's losing his battle with pancreatic cancer.

Last week, the National Enquirer reported the actor was preparing to say goodbye to his family and friends after learning the cancer had spread to his liver. "Patrick knew it was coming because he was suffering increased weakness," an unnamed source told the tab. "At times, he was so weak that he could barely walk without feeling faint. Sometimes he feels out of breath and has to sit down."

Not so, says the 56-year-old actor, who says the only thing making him sick are false tabloid reports.

"The only thorn in my side being that many tabloids have been consistently reporting lies and false information about me and those close to me," Swayze tells People magazine. "And latest, they're reporting that I'm on my last legs and saying goodbye to my tearful family!

"Pancreatic cancer is an aggressive disease and from the moment I was diagnosed, I knew I was in for the fight of my life. It's a battle, and so far, I've been winning. I'm one of the lucky few that responds well to treatment.

"It's upsetting that the shoddy and reckless reporting from these publications cast a negative shadow on the positive and good fight I'm fighting. For me, my family, and those close to me, it amounts to downright emotional cruelty. That makes me angry when hope is so precious."

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