Newton-John said she was initially diagnosed the same weekend her father died of cancer. Her decadeslong fight included a partial mastectomy, chemotherapy and breast reconstruction, Newton-John said. By 2020, she was facing stage 4 metastatic breast cancer, her third bout with the disease since 1992.

In an interview with “Today’s” Hoda Kotb which aired Wednesday, the singer talked about living with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer.

In 2019, Newton-John revealed that her cancer had returned for the third time and she was battling stage 4 breast cancer.

In 2017, Newton-John's cancer returned and it had spread to other parts of her body, so she had radiation therapy to treat it. Newton-John battled stage 4, metastatic breast cancer, which means the cancer had spread to distant areas of the body.