Dolph Lundgren shared some very good health news. Nine years after being diagnosed with cancer that was considered incurable, the Rocky IV The actor revealed on Instagram that he is “finally cancer-free.”

“Health update – finally cancer free with gratitude and looking forward to a bright future.” Thank you for all your support. 🙏,” Lungren captioned his Instagram post.

“Here I am at UCLA. (I’m) about to go in and get rid of the last dead tumor. Since there are no more cancer cells in my body, I will probably be cancer-free, so I’m looking forward to this procedure,” Lundgren said in his Instagram video.

“It was a tough ride and really showed me how to live in the moment and enjoy every moment of life,” he added. “That’s the only way.”‘

Lundgren, who also played the lead role The consumables 4 And Aquaman and the Lost Kingdomfirst revealed in 2023 on the syndicated interview series that he had cancer In detail with Graham Bensinger. He said he was first diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2015. After the operation, he remained symptom-free for about five years, but during a visit to the doctor during a trip to Sweden in 2020, additional tumors were discovered in the kidney and liver areas.

At that point, the actor said, he was diagnosed with terminal cancer and only had two to three years to live. He says that at the time he thought, “I’ve had a great life. I’ve lived about five lives in one. So it wasn’t that I was bitter, but I felt sorry for my kids and my fiancé.”

Finally, Lundgren sought an additional opinion from oncologist Dr. Alexandra Drakaki from UCLA Medical Center and received a newer drug treatment. Lundgren said the treatment – ​​which he underwent while filming both The consumables 4 And Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom – had been shown to be effective in reducing tumor size by 90%.

In May, Deadline exclusively reported that Lundgren had been cast alongside Michael Jai White (The Dark Knight) and Charlotte Kirk (The reckoning) in the action thriller Fight or flight with Shane Dax Taylor (The Christmas classic) set to “Direct”.

Greg Evans contributed to this report.