Dolph Lundgren has shared some excellent well being information. 9 years after being recognized with most cancers that was thought-about terminal, the Rocky IV actor has revealed on Instagram that he’s “lastly most cancers free.”
“Well being replace – lastly most cancers free with gratefulness and pleasure for a vibrant future. Thanks for all of your help at all times. 🙏”, Lungren captioned his Instagram put up.
“Right here I’m at UCLA. [I’m] about to go in and do away with that final lifeless tumor. Since there are not any most cancers cells in my physique anymore, then I suppose I’ll be cancer-free, so I’m wanting ahead to this process,” stated Lundgren in his Instagram video.
“It’s been a tough trip and actually taught me the right way to stay within the second and luxuriate in each second of life,” he added. “It’s the one option to go.”’
Lundgren, who additionally starred in The Expendables 4 and Aquaman and the Misplaced Kingdom, first revealed that he had cancer in 2023, on the syndicated interview collection In Depth With Graham Bensinger. He stated he was first recognized with kidney most cancers in 2015. After surgical procedure, he remained symptom-free for about 5 years however throughout a physician go to throughout a visit to Sweden in 2020 was discovered to have further tumors within the kidney and liver areas.
At that time, the actor stated, he was given a analysis of terminal most cancers with solely 2-3 years to stay. He says that on the time he thought, “I’ve had an excellent life. I’ve stay like 5 lifetimes in a single. So it wasn’t like I felt bitter however I felt sorry for my youngsters and my fiancé.”
Finally Lundgren sought a further opinion from oncologist Dr. Alexandra Drakaki of UCLA Medical Heart, and was positioned on a extra recently-developed medicinal remedy. Lundgren stated the remedy – which he underwent whereas filming each The Expendables 4 and Aquaman and the Misplaced Kingdom – had confirmed efficient in decreasing the scale of the tumors by 90%.
In Could, Deadline exclusively reported Lundgren had been cast together with Michael Jai White (The Darkish Knight) and Charlotte Kirk (The Reckoning) within the motion thriller Fight Or Flight with Shane Dax Taylor (The Christmas Basic) set to direct.
Greg Evans contributed to this report.
