The former champion had been diagnosed at the end of last year and is “in a remission stage” after having undergone successful medical treatment.
The tennis player of Czech origin and US citizen Martina Navratilova, 9-time Wimbledon championannounced today that the throat cancer and breast cancer that had been diagnosed at the end of last year is “in a remission stage” after successful medical treatment.
“From what is known, it could be said that I am clean of cancer”revealed the former great champion, of 66 yearsin an interview he gave to the British media Talk TV and which were reproduced by the Spanish sports newspapers Marca and AS.
Navratilova, a tennis legend with 18 tennis titles grand slams that raised it to number one in the world, and with a total collection of 167 titles on the circuit of the WTAunderwent intense treatment for a cancer that he had been diagnosed in 2010 but made a strong comeback at the end of 2022.
“When the doctors told me, I was in total panic for three days thinking that I might not see next Christmas.. The wish list of all the things I wanted to do if I only had one year to live came to my mind,” he admitted. Navratilova.
The tennis player underwent radiation treatment every day for a period of three weeks and three weekly rounds of chemotherapy.
“It’s definitely the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life,” he concluded. Navratilova.
Source: Ambito
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