Veteran film, TV and theatre actor and Padma Shri Tom Alter is doing fighting cancer. The prestigious actor’s family shared the news on Monday, seven days after he was admitted to Mumbai’s Saifee Hospital.
Alter, 67, has had a relapse of a squamous cell carcinoma. He is under treatment and master supervision at Saifee Hospital. His family has requested protection as the treatment proceeds.
Upset over “factually incorrect” stories about his father suffering stage four bone cancer, Tom’s son Jamie told IANS, “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.”
Notwithstanding acting, Alter has additionally wandered into heading and was a games columnist in the late 1980s to mid 1990s. He was the principal individual to talk with Sachin Tendulkar for TV when the cricketer was yet to make a big appearance for India.
“He is fighting it well. He is showing the will to battle it out,” Jamie said, adding, “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.”
Alter has composed three books, one non-fiction and two fiction, and in 2008 was granted the esteemed Padma Shri by the Indian government in acknowledgment for his administrations to the field of expressions and silver screen.