Martina Navratilova diagnosed with early-stage throat and breast cancers
by John Ashdown from US news | The Guardian on (#67D8V)
- Former world No 1 will start treatment this month
- It's going to stink for a while but I will fight with all I have got'
Martina Navratilova said she will fight with all I have got" after being diagnosed with throat and breast cancers. The 66-year-old, one of the greatest tennis players of all time, previously underwent treatment for early-stage breast cancer in 2010 and had been cancer-free since. She announced on Monday the discovery of the new cancers - unrelated to each other.
This double whammy is serious but still fixable, and I'm hoping for a favourable outcome," she said. It's going to stink for a while but I will fight with all I have got."
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