<P> While helping Donnie train , Rocky learns he has non-Hodgkin's lymphoma . He is unwilling to undergo chemotherapy , remembering that it was not enough to save Adrian when she had ovarian cancer . His diagnosis and the fact that his best friend and brother - in - law Paulie Pennino -- Adrian 's brother -- has now died in addition to Adrian , Apollo , and his old trainer , Mickey Goldmill , further force him to confront his own mortality . Seeing Rocky shaken , Donnie urges him to seek treatment . </P>
<P> While helping Donnie train , Rocky learns he has non-Hodgkin's lymphoma . He is unwilling to undergo chemotherapy , remembering that it was not enough to save Adrian when she had ovarian cancer . His diagnosis and the fact that his best friend and brother - in - law Paulie Pennino -- Adrian 's brother -- has now died in addition to Adrian , Apollo , and his old trainer , Mickey Goldmill , further force him to confront his own mortality . Seeing Rocky shaken , Donnie urges him to seek treatment . </P>
what type of cancer did rocky have in creed
what type of cancer did rocky have in creed
non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
non-Hodgkin's lymphoma