2023-05-10 20:38:55
Actor Dolph Lundgren, well known for his role as Ivan Drago in the movie “Rocky IV”, has been battling cancer for nearly eight years.
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The 65-year-old Swede opened up regarding it in an interview with American journalist Graham Bensinger.
The comedian said that a first tumor was discovered on his kidney in 2015 and that he was in remission for some time following treatment.
But the disease made a comeback in 2020 spreading to his lungs, spine, liver and stomach.
“At that point I really realized it was something serious,” he told the show “In Depth with Graham Bensinger.”
Dolph Lundgren explained that he met with several doctors and found a treatment that reduced the size of the tumors considerably.
“The prognosis has greatly improved. I hope the medications I continue to take will remove whatever is left.”
The actor, who we also saw in the film series “The Sacrifices” or in “Aquaman”, wondered regarding the onset of his cancer and his taking of steroids in the 1980s.
“I consumed it in the 1980s, 1990s (…) I thought back to all that and I said to myself that I had surely made a mistake. I think there may be a link between these testosterone treatments and cancer.”
Lundgren also returned to his relationship with his partner, Emma Krokdal, who is 40 years his junior.
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“I think Emma is very mature for her age. She had a very interesting life, she comes from a small town in Norway. She got married there and went through a difficult divorce (…) I was with people who were twice her age and who did not have her maturity.
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