Dolph Lundgren, the actor best known for his turn as the villainous boxer Ivan Drago in the 'Rocky' film series, disclosed on Wednesday that he’s been fighting cancer since 2015.
Dolph Lundgren, the actor best known for his turn as the villainous boxer Ivan Drago in thefilm series, disclosed on Wednesday that he’s been fighting cancer since 2015. Lundgren, 65, told journalist Graham Bensinger that the first tumor was found in his kidney eight years ago. With treatment, he went into remission until 2020, when it was discovered the tumors had returned.
Hopefully it’s cleaned out.” Then, in a reference to a Drago line from, he adds, “If it dies, it dies.” But the tumors spread to his lungs, spine, liver, and stomach, according to Lundgren, and a doctor gave him a prognosis of two to three years. Near what he believed to be the end of his life, he said, he sought out a second opinion with a different medical team. Within three months, his tumors had shrunk between 20 and 30 percent, leaving him hopeful that he has “years” left to live.
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