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Patrick Swayze has admitted he's going through hell as he battles cancer.

The star was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer early last year and has hit back at claims he's at death's door.

In an interview with Barbara Walters he revealed he's felt "fear" and "anger" since being diagnosed.

He said: "You know there's a lot of fear here. There's a lot of stuff going on. Yeah I'm scared, yeah I'm angry, yeah I'm, 'Why me?'"

Asked if he was frightened of death he replied: "I don't know. Staring death in the face has made me question my beliefs. I don't know what's on the other side.

"I like to believe that I've got a lot of guardian warriors on my shoulder, including my dad, saying, 'You just let Swayze-dog know it's been his turn all this time. You just let us do the work and we'll finish it for him'.

"So I'm just trying to shut up and let my angels speak to me and tell me what I'm supposed to do."

Swayze also revealed he first noted something was wrong when he had severe weight loss.

He said. "I dropped about 20lbs in the blink of an eye."

But the Dirty Dancing star admits he won't give up, he revealed: "What winning is to me is not giving up, no matter what's thrown at me. And I can keep going."