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Jessica Gibb & Joel Leaver

Rocky star Dolph Lundgren is battling cancer and fears steroids early in career to blame

Dolph Lundgren has revealed he's been secretly battling cancer for eight years and said he now "appreciates life a lot more".

The 65-year-old star - who is best known for his role as Soviet-Russian boxer Ivan Drago in the Rocky film series - opened up about his devastating diagnosis for the first time today.

The Swedish actor said the first tumour was found in his kidney eight years ago and treated but the cancer spread to his lungs, spine, liver and stomach and in 2020 he was told the cancer was terminal.

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