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‘Grease’ Star Olivia Newton-John Diagnosed With Cancer for the Third Time

Doctors found a tumor growing at the base of her spine.

Olivia Newton-John has been diagnosed with cancer for a third time in three decades, USA Today reports. The 69-year-old singer and actress—whose breakout role was playing Sandy Olsson in Grease opposite John Travolta—revealed in an interview with Australia’s Channel Seven on Sunday that her cancer has returned in her back, where doctors found a tumor at the base of her spine. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1992, and cancerous tumors were found in her shoulder in 2013 after she was involved in a car accident. Newton-John is now undergoing radiation treatment and taking cannabis oil for pain relief. When asked if she was scared, she said that “there are moments.” “I’m human. If I allowed myself to go there, I could easily create that big fear. But my husband’s always there, and he’s there to support me,” she said in the interview. “I believe I will win over it. That’s my goal.”