BEE Gees star Robin Gibb is battling liver cancer, according to reports.
The 61-year-old was rushed to the hospital last Tuesday after an emergency call from his mansion home in Oxfordshire, central England, but allowed home after a few hours, the Sunday Mirror reported.
A previous emergency admission on October 13 with intense stomach pain was blamed officially on "inflammation of the colon".
But the newspaper, citing an unnamed close family friend, suggested Gibb was diagnosed with the potentially-fatal disease several months ago.
The singer had emergency gastrointestinal surgery in August 2010, and in April of this year chronic pain forced him to postpone a solo tour planned for South America after his medical team advised him not to travel.
He recently pulled out of several public appearances and was photographed last week looking emaciated and in pain.
Fans had feared originally that the Stayin' Alive singer was suffering from the same condition that contributed to the unexpected death of his twin brother and former bandmate, Maurice.
Maurice Gibb died from a heart attack in 2003, aged 53, during surgery for a twisted intestine.
The Bee Gees temporarily retired after 45 years of entertaining following his death. But in 2009, the group's remaining members, Robin and his brother Barry, 65, announced they would begin performing again.
Barry and the brothers' elderly mom, Barbara, flew from the US to be close to Robin, according to the report.
The Gibb family has yet to make any official statement.
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