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Tennis nice Martina Navratilova has vowed to “struggle with all I’ve acquired” after being identified with two unrelated varieties of most cancers.
Navratilova revealed she must endure remedy after discovering she had throat most cancers and breast most cancers.
Medical doctors made the devastating throat most cancers prognosis after she seen a swollen lymph node in her neck.
Whereas present process exams for that, a suspicious lump was detected in one in every of her breasts.
The 66-year-old’s prognosis has been described as “good” however it means she is not going to journey to Melbourne this month for the Australian Open.
Navratilova stated: “This double whammy is critical however nonetheless fixable, and I am hoping for a positive end result.
“It’ll stink for some time however I’ll struggle with all I’ve acquired.”
The previous world No.1 beforehand underwent remedy for early stage breast most cancers in 2010.
Navratilova, winner of 59 grand slam singles and doubles titles, was because of attend the Australian Open the place she was aspiring to work as a TV pundit.
“Martina Navratilova has been identified with stage one throat most cancers,” learn an announcement from her representatives.
“The prognosis is sweet and Martina will begin her remedy this month.
“The most cancers sort is HPV and this explicit sort responds very well to remedy.
“Martina seen an enlarged lymph node in her neck in the course of the WTA finals in Fort Value.
“When it did not go down, a biopsy was carried out, the outcomes got here again as stage one throat most cancers.
“Concurrently Martina was present process the exams for the throat, a suspicious kind was present in her breast, which was subsequently identified as most cancers, utterly unrelated to the throat most cancers.
“Each these cancers are of their early phases with nice outcomes.
“Martina will not be protecting the Australian Open for Tennis Channel from their studio however hopes to have the ability to take part once in a while by Zoom.”
