Actor William Shatner, 95, and his daughter Melanie Shatner Gretsch, 61, say they both received stage 4 cancer diagnoses and underwent treatment at the same time. Multiple outlets report that Shatner disclosed this in a recent interview, describing the period as one in which both father and daughter faced advanced illness concurrently. Sources also say the cancers were different types. Rolling Stone reports that Shatner was diagnosed with malignant melanoma about 11 months after Melanie began her breast-cancer treatment, and that both are now cancer-free. Other coverage similarly frames the revelation around the timing of their diagnoses and their reliance on one another during treatment. City News Toronto and the Winnipeg Free Press present the same core account: both Shatner and Gretsch faced advanced-stage cancer in the same timeframe, while Shatner later shared details publicly. The reports converge on their shared experience of diagnosis, stage 4 disease, and mutual support, without adding conflicting factual claims about the central timeline.