Jane Fonda, 84, announces she has cancer after being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

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Instagram Friday and wrote: 'So, my dear friends, I have something personal I want to share.  'I've been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and have started chemo treatments. 'This is a very treatable cancer.

80% of people survive, so I feel very lucky. 'The thrice-married star, who has previously battled the disease, went on to say  she was 'lucky' to 'have health insurance and access to the best doctors and treatment. 'Fonda, a two-time Oscar winnter, added that she is 'privileged as a celebrity. ' She has previously been diagnosed with both breast and skin cancer, and blamed the latter on her past love of sunbathing.

Fonda says she attended the 2016 Golden Globes in a ruffled white dress designed to disguise recent surgery she'd had to remove her breast.

She told Vogue: 'I get out of the car and I have the strange white dress with all the ruffles? That's because I'd just had a mastectomy and I had to cover my bandages. ' In her Instagram post, Fonda reassured fans and loved ones and said she would need to acclimate to a new reality as she fights the cancer.  'Cancer is a teacher and I'm paying attention to the lessons it holds for me,' she wrote. 'One thing it's shown me already is the importance of community.