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Martina Navratilova is simply a nine-time Wimbledon singles championFormer tennis large Martina Navratilova says she is "cancer-free" aft fearing she "would not spot adjacent Christmas".
The 18-time Grand Slam singles champion, who antecedently had bosom crab successful 2010, was diagnosed with pharynx and bosom crab precocious past year.
In January, she said some cancers had been caught astatine an aboriginal stage.
"As acold arsenic they [the doctors] cognize I'm cancer-free," the 66-year-old said connected Piers Morgan's TalkTV amusement connected Tuesday.
"I inactive request to woody with the close breast, astir apt request to person radiation but that's a mates of weeks and that doesn't adjacent count.
"That's much preventative than thing else. I should beryllium bully to go. It's 99% solvable."
Navratilova noticed an enlarged lymph node successful her cervix during November's WTA Finals successful Fort Worth, Texas.
A consequent biopsy revealed signifier 1 pharynx cancer.
During the tests, a lump was besides discovered successful her breast, which was aboriginal diagnosed arsenic an unrelated cancer.
"I was successful a full panic for 3 days reasoning I whitethorn not spot adjacent Christmas," she told Morgan.
"The bucket database came into my caput of each the things I wanted to do.
"And this whitethorn dependable truly shallow, but I was like, 'OK, which kick-ass car bash I truly privation to thrust if I unrecorded similar a year'?'"
Navratilova said her person and erstwhile rival Chris Evert, who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer successful December 2021, supported her "so much" done her treatment.
The pair, who dominated women's tennis during the 1970s and 80s, received crab attraction successful the aforesaid New York clinic.
"Our careers are ever intertwined and past we travel each different this way," Navratilova said.
"You can't conscionable marque it up. The parallels are unbelievable. Same place. Some of the aforesaid nurses.
"Chris has been conscionable a star. She has supported maine truthful overmuch done this arsenic I supported her a twelvemonth ago."
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