Fonda: 'I'm lucky to have survived cancer'

Jane Fonda has declared that she feels "lucky" to have survived a battle with breast cancer.

Fonda announced last month that she recently underwent a medical procedure to remove a cancerous tumour and is now free of the disease.

During an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, the two-time Oscar winner suggested that she now feels connected with survivors of the illness.

"When [doctors] say, 'You've got cancer' there's that moment of scary," she said. "And then I felt like I've just become a part of a huge family of women - survivors of breast cancer."

She added: "I'm really lucky."