Former tennis player Martina Navratilova has been
diagnosed with breast cancer, she told People magazine.
Photograph: Kiyoshi Ota/Reuters
Martina Navratilova has been diagnosed with breast cancer, she told the American magazine People today.
The 53-year-old, who won 18 grand slam singles titles including a record nine Wimbledon singles victories, and 31 doubles titles, said she cried when the diagnosis was made.
"I cried. It knocked me on my ass, really. I feel so in control of my life and my body, and then this comes, and it's completely out of my hands."
A biopsy came back positive in February after a routine mammogram revealed a cluster in her left breast. She will begin six weeks of radiation therapy in May and the prognosis for survival is extremely good, according to the People report.[rc]
© Guardian News and Media Limited 2010
April 7, 2010
USA: Martina Navratilova diagnosed with breast cancer
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LONDON, England / The Guardian / Sport / Tennis / April 7, 2010
• Fifty-three-year-old has won 18 grand slam singles
• Prognosis for survival 'extremely good' according to reports
Former tennis player Martina Navratilova has been
diagnosed with breast cancer, she told People magazine.
Photograph: Kiyoshi Ota/Reuters
Martina Navratilova has been diagnosed with breast cancer, she told the American magazine People today.
The 53-year-old, who won 18 grand slam singles titles including a record nine Wimbledon singles victories, and 31 doubles titles, said she cried when the diagnosis was made.
"I cried. It knocked me on my ass, really. I feel so in control of my life and my body, and then this comes, and it's completely out of my hands."
A biopsy came back positive in February after a routine mammogram revealed a cluster in her left breast. She will begin six weeks of radiation therapy in May and the prognosis for survival is extremely good, according to the People report.[rc]
© Guardian News and Media Limited 2010
Former tennis player Martina Navratilova has been
diagnosed with breast cancer, she told People magazine.
Photograph: Kiyoshi Ota/Reuters
Martina Navratilova has been diagnosed with breast cancer, she told the American magazine People today.
The 53-year-old, who won 18 grand slam singles titles including a record nine Wimbledon singles victories, and 31 doubles titles, said she cried when the diagnosis was made.
"I cried. It knocked me on my ass, really. I feel so in control of my life and my body, and then this comes, and it's completely out of my hands."
A biopsy came back positive in February after a routine mammogram revealed a cluster in her left breast. She will begin six weeks of radiation therapy in May and the prognosis for survival is extremely good, according to the People report.[rc]
© Guardian News and Media Limited 2010
