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By Daily Mail Reporter
Angered: Catherine Zeta Jones says doctors failed to spot her husband's throat cancer at first, seen here together at in June 2009 in Los Angeles Catherine Zeta-Jones has revealed her anger at doctors who failed to spot her husband's cancer.
She said Michael Douglas had complained repeatedly about ear and throat pain but it was not until three weeks ago that a walnut-size tumour was discovered under his tongue.
'It makes me furious they didn't detect it earlier,' Miss Zeta-Jones said. 'He sought every option and nothing was found.'
The actress, who has been married to 65-year-old Douglas for ten years, admitted she wasn't that surprised when throat cancer was finally diagnosed.
'It wasn't a huge shock,' she said in a magazine interview. 'I knew something was up. He knew something was up.'
Douglas has begun an intensive eight-week course of chemotherapy and radiation.
However, in a separate TV appearance, he told how the cancer had spread to his neck and other parts of his head.
Not Falling Down: Douglas remained positive as he talked to chat show host David Letterman about his chances of beating cancer last night 
Bear hug: David Letterman gave Michael a massive hug after their chatHe said the cancer was at 'stage four', where it has spread from the original tumour, making it harder to beat and much more dangerous.
He tried to make light of his condition, but described his treatment as a struggle and added: 'I'm treating this as a curable disease. It's a fight. I'll beat this.'
The actor - star of Wall St, Fatal Attraction and Basic Instinct - said on the Late Show with David Letterman on Tuesday that doctors had given him an 80 per cent chance of survival and that he had had the first week of treatment.
Hard battle: At times the actor looked troubled as he spoke of his cancer fight
Moving speech: The Oscar-winning actor was given a standing ovation at the end of his interviewHe admitted to Letterman that the type of cancer was caused by alcohol and smoking, but added: 'It's been a long year and I do think this is stress-related.'
When Douglas said his cancer was at stage four, he was asked by Letterman if that was a good diagnosis.
The actor replied: 'Um, no,' adding: 'It's intense, and so they've got to go at it.
I am head and neck, nothing's gone down, and the expectations are good.'
Douglas's 'long year' was a reference to his eldest son Cameron being jailed for five years on drugs offences.
He has also been involved in a legal fight with first wife Diandra who wants half of his earnings from his latest film Wall St 2: Money Never Sleeps.
Tough guy: Douglas arriving at the Manhattan studios of The Late Show with David Letterman last night looking dapper in a white suit, pink shirt and suede broguesHe told Letterman that he had felt something was wrong weeks before the diagnosis. 'It had been bothering me for a while. I went through a litany of doctors and tests.'
Asked if the doctors found the cancer earlier enough, Douglas said: 'I sure as s*** hope so.'
While his wife was furious about the late diagnosis, Douglas was more understanding.
'These things sometimes just don't show up,' he said.
He said his family were at their home on Bermuda while he has treatment in New York. He said Miss Zeta-Jones, 40, had been 'so supportive' since the diagnosis.
She said in her interview with People magazine that her husband had broken the news of his illness to their children Dylan, ten, and Carys, seven.
She also revealed she was struggling emotionally with seeing him lose his strength as a result of the treatment. 'I know maybe I should be stronger, but...the hardest part is seeing his fatigue, because Michael is never tired.'
source: dailymail
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