Steve McQueen's final words after refusing conventional treatment amid cancer battle

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Hollywood star travelled to Mexico where he underwent a series of alternative treatments in a bid to be declared cancer-free.The Great Escape star had been diagnosed with mesothelioma, a rare form of lung cancer and it had spread widely through his upper body.The type of cancer McQueen was diagnosed with is caused by exposure to asbestos and has no known cure.

As a result, McQueen shunned conventional forms of cancer treatment and embarked on a controversial treatment programme in a bid to become cancer-free.He was in a Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, hospital having surgery to remove a massive tumour when he suffered a heart attack and uttered, "I did it!

in Spanish before passing away.The alternative programme is reported to have included large amounts of vitamins, an organic diet, coffee enemas and the injection of animal cells.After being warned that the tumour was inoperable and his heart wouldn't be able to withstand surgery, the actor checked himself into a clinic under the name Samuel Sheppard.At the time, Cesar Santos Vargas, a heart and kidney specialist with the Santa Rosa Clinic in Juarez claimed that the Hollywood star was "barely able to walk", even with the help of a cane.He told how he'd found a "very huge tumour in McQueen's right lung", which had spread to his left, and into his intestines through his neck.Following a 12 hour surgery to remove tumours, the specialist said that the star gave a thumbs-up sign and said in Spanish, "Lo hice!".However, McQueen tragically died after suffering an embolism soon after.El Paso Times reported that the actor died in his sleep.The star was cremated and his ashes spread in the Pacific Ocean.In the months before his death, McQueen wanted to clear the air with some of his.