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‘Jeopardy!�� host Alex Trebek announced Wednesday he had reached the one year survival mark since he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.“The one-year survival rate for stage 4 pancreatic cancer patients is 18%,�� Trebek said in the video announcement. “I'm very happy to report I have just reached that marker.”The beloved game show host revealed last March that he had been diagnosed with the disease. The 5-year survival rate for those with Trebek's kind of cancer is just 9%, according to the American Cancer Society.The 79-year-old said the last year hasn’t always been easy. “Now I'd be lying if I said the journey had been an easy one,�� he said. “There were some good days but a lot of not-so-good days. I joked with friends that the cancer won't kill me; the chemo treatments will.”Trebek said that the support from his family and his fans has pushed him through the dark days. Trebek’s oncologist is predicting they’ll be celebrating his second-year survival anniversary.“You know something, if I, no, if we �� because so many of us are involved in this same situation �� if we take it just one day at a time with a positive attitude, anything is possible,�� he said.