Bruce Campbell is facing a frightening cancer prognosis — but the Evil Dead star says he has no intention of letting it control the time he has left.

Campbell, 68, revealed that doctors have told him he may have roughly five years to live, “give or take,” as he continues treatment for a form of cancer that can be treated but not cured.

“With the type of cancer that I have, which I don’t want to get into, the current thing is a five-year deal,” Campbell said during a Sept. 2 appearance on The Adam Carolla Show.

But the Army of Darkness actor said he has made a deliberate choice about how he wants to face the diagnosis.

“I’ve decided pretty specifically though to live with it, not die from it,” Campbell said.

Campbell admitted that learning about his illness has opened what he called an enormous “cancer rabbit hole,” with endless information and online groups available for people battling the same condition.

“You can go down a massive rabbit hole,” he said. “The cancer rabbit hole is enormous.”

Campbell said he has chosen to stay away from online groups filled with thousands of patients discussing the same disease.

“You can go into focus groups of 10,000 guys who have exactly what you have,” he said. “I won’t touch it with a 10-foot pole.”

Instead, the veteran actor has been trying to keep his attention on his career, including promoting his latest movie, Ernie & Emma.

“When I promote this movie, I have nothing,” Campbell explained. “I’m free and clear when I promote this movie.”

He said the diagnosis forced him to decide whether cancer was going to bring the rest of his life to a halt.

“You have to make this decision of, ‘Oh okay, but do I have to stop everything I’m doing because of this?’ Well no,” Campbell said.

He described his current situation as a “whack-a-mole life,” with doctors addressing problems as they appear.

Campbell also gave a blunt explanation of how he views the disease.

“Cancer compromises s— inside your body,” he said. “You don’t die from cancer, you die from what cancer does to you. It does weird s— and then you address it and move on.”

Campbell first publicly revealed his diagnosis in March, telling fans that he had a type of cancer that was “treatable” but not “curable.”

“Hi folks, these days, when someone is having a health issue, it’s referred to as an ‘opportunity,’ so let’s go with that,” he wrote on Instagram at the time.

“I’m having one of those. It’s also called a type of cancer that’s ‘treatable’ not ‘curable.’ I apologize if that’s a shock — it was to me too.”

Campbell did not reveal the exact form of cancer he was diagnosed with, but said his health would have to become his priority.

“A few things will have to change,” he told fans, adding that work would temporarily take “a back seat to treatment.”

Campbell said his goal was to become as healthy as possible over the summer so he could hit the road this fall to promote Ernie & Emma.

“My plan is to get as well as I possibly can over the summer so that I can tour with my new movie Ernie & Emma this fall,” he wrote.

The diagnosis also forced Campbell to cancel several convention appearances.

“There are several cons this year summer that I have to cancel,” he said. “Big regrets on my part. Treatment needs and professional obligations don’t always go hand-in-hand.”

Four months after announcing his diagnosis, Campbell offered another update during an appearance on the Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum podcast.

He said he was “doing as well as you can do for having cancer,” while once again stressing that the disease could be treated but would likely remain with him for the rest of his life.

“It’s treatable, not curable,” Campbell said. “So, it’ll be something that will be with me until I croak, which with treatment is, you know, earlier than you want to croak. But without treatment, I guess it would be earlier.”

Campbell said he planned to continue undergoing treatments that worked and that he could tolerate.

“I’m gonna do treatment that I can deal with and that works,” he said.

Despite the difficult prognosis, Campbell made clear that he is refusing to give up.

“I have tons of hope,” he said.