Hollywood superstar Michael Douglas,65,has been diagnosed with throat cancer but said that he is optimistic about a full recovery.
The actor is set to begin chemotherapy after doctors discovered a tumour in his throat during a routine check-up,reported People magazine online.
Doctors expect him to make a full recovery as soon as he completes eight weeks of treatment,which includes radiation and chemotherapy.
I am very optimistic, Douglas said. No word yet on how the treatment will affect his schedule which includes promotion of his return to the character of Gordon Gekko in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. Douglas has been married since 2000 to the Mask of Zorro actress Catherine Zeta-Jones.