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"I have good news and bad news. First the bad news, the
cancer came back and it is a real pain in the butt," he said on
Twitter. "The good news is I now have to use more marijuana to
treat the cancer."
Chong, 77, said he will let fans know how he is doing and will
document his battle against the disease on the "Chong and Chong"
podcast.
"Please wish me luck while I kick cancer's behind," he added.
It is Chong's second battle with cancer. In 2012 he was
diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Chong and Marin gained fame in 1971 with their comedy album "Cheech
and Chong" and earned a reputation for smoking pot with their
films "Up in Smoke" and "Nice Dreams."
After breaking up in the late 1980s, the duo reunited decades
later for a comedy tour, "Cheech & Chong: Light Up America." A
documentary film of their first tour in 25 years was released in
2010.
(The story was refiled to fix a typographical error in the last
paragraph)
(Reporting by Patricia Reaney; Editing by Piya Sinha-Roy and
Leslie Adler)
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