Dolph Lundgren says he was given ‘two to three years’ to live after cancer diagnosis

Dolph Lundgren is opening up about his eight-year struggle with cancer.

Doctors removed six tumors and the"Rocky IV" star hoped to return to making movies, but was blindsided to learn he was still not healthy.

Dolph Lundgren burst on the scene playing Ivan Drago in 1985's "Rocky IV," opposite Sylvester Stallone .“His mouth got really sore,” fiancée Emma Krokdal said. “His hands got sore, feet, and he couldn’t eat anything warm, anything cold, anything spicy. So that was a struggle to get food down, so he kept losing weight.”

Dolph Lundgren joined Yu Nan, Terry Crews, Sylvester Stallone and Randy Couture and in "The Expendables 2" in 2012.Lundgren ultimately decided to seek a second opinion from oncologist and hematologist Dr. Alexandra Drakaki.

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