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Olivia Newton-John has an inspiring message about her cancer diagnosis

She's "totally confident" her treatment will be a success.

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Olivia Newton-John has an inspiring message about her cancer diagnosis

She's "totally confident" her treatment will be a success.

• Singer and actress Olivia Newton-John announced on May 30 she was diagnosed with breast cancer.• This is her second cancer diagnosis; in 1992, she was first diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent chemotherapy and a partial mastectomy.• She has released a statement saying she is "feeling good" and thanking fans for their "outpouring" of support.• Her husband says they are fully confident she'll beat cancer a second time. On May 30, Olivia Newton-John announced she had been diagnosed with breast cancer for the second time in her life—and this time the cancer had metastasized to her sacrum. The news came after she had suffered back pain severe enough to postpone tour dates and cancel meet-and-greets. Now, the singer is on the cover of People magazine opening up about her second cancer diagnosis. While she is currently getting radiation treatments in California, she is also getting medical help from a cancer center that bears her name: The Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness and Research Centre in Melbourne, Australia. She issued a statement saying she is "feeling good" and expressed gratitude for her fans' support. The full text is below:"I am really grateful for and touched by the worldwide outpouring of love and concern. Thank you. I am feeling good and enjoying total support from my family and friends, along with a team of wellness and medical practitioners both here in the US and at my Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness and Research Centre in Melbourne, Australia. I'm totally confident that my new journey will have a positive success story to inspire others! Love and light, Olivia"Newton-John, now 68, was diagnosed with breast cancer for the first time in 1992, the same weekend her father died of cancer. She underwent chemotherapy and a partial mastectomy before becoming cancer-free, CNN reports. In 2008, she established the cancer center that is now helping her with treatment. "Late relapses from breast cancer can occur, especially for women with 'hormone receptor-positive' breast cancer," Jonathan Cebon, the medical director of her cancer center, said in a statement. "These relapses can occur sometimes even decades after initial treatment for early breast cancer." Meanwhile, she and her loved ones are staying positive and not backing down. "We both have the same unshakable belief that she's going to have a wonderful success story," her husband, John Easterling, told People. "We have an absolute knowingness that we can turn this around."The same goes for her colleagues. John Travolta expressed his support for his Grease co-star in a statement to People: "Olivia has always been an incredible human being and an inspiration to millions of people," he said. "If we all put our intentions for her to get through this—I know her so well—she will feel it, and it will support her. We love her and she loves us."

• Singer and actress Olivia Newton-John announced on May 30 she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

• This is her second cancer diagnosis; in 1992, she was first diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent chemotherapy and a partial mastectomy.

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She has released a statement saying she is "feeling good" and thanking fans for their "outpouring" of support.

• Her husband says they are fully confident she'll beat cancer a second time.

On May 30, Olivia Newton-John —and this time the cancer had metastasized to her sacrum. The news came after she had suffered back pain severe enough to postpone tour dates and cancel meet-and-greets.

Now, the singer is on the cover of magazine opening up about her second cancer diagnosis. While she is currently getting radiation treatments in California, she is also getting medical help from a cancer center that bears her name: The Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness and Research Centre in Melbourne, Australia. She issued a statement saying she is "feeling good" and expressed gratitude for her fans' support.

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The full text is below:

"I am really grateful for and touched by the worldwide outpouring of love and concern. Thank you. I am feeling good and enjoying total support from my family and friends, along with a team of wellness and medical practitioners both here in the US and at my Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness and Research Centre in Melbourne, Australia. I'm totally confident that my new journey will have a positive success story to inspire others! Love and light, Olivia"

Newton-John, now 68, was diagnosed with breast cancer for the first time in 1992, the same weekend her father died of cancer. She underwent chemotherapy and a partial mastectomy before becoming cancer-free, reports. In 2008, she that is now helping her with treatment.

"Late relapses from breast cancer can occur, especially for women with 'hormone receptor-positive' breast cancer," Jonathan Cebon, the medical director of her cancer center, said in a . "These relapses can occur sometimes even decades after initial treatment for early breast cancer."

Meanwhile, she and her loved ones are staying positive and not backing down. "We both have the same unshakable belief that she's going to have a wonderful success story," her husband, John Easterling, told People. "We have an absolute knowingness that we can turn this around."

The same goes for her colleagues. John Travolta expressed his support for his Grease co-star in a statement to :

"Olivia has always been an incredible human being and an inspiration to millions of people," he said. "If we all put our intentions for her to get through this—I know her so well—she will feel it, and it will support her. We love her and she loves us."