Martina Navratilova reveals she is now 'cancer-free' after double diagnosis
Just four months after being diagnosed with throat and breast cancer, tennis legend Martina Navratilova has revealed that her cancer is now in remission.
Navratilova, 66, said in an interview with Piers Morgan on Tuesday that doctors have been encouraged by her progress since starting radiation and chemotherapy treatments.
"As far as they know I’m cancer-free," she said. "I will be very, very diligent about it, but the prognosis is excellent. But you never know."
The 18-time Grand Slam singles champion previously underwent treatment for early-stage breast cancer in 2010, but found out in December she had stage 1 throat cancer and further tests showed a recurrence of breast cancer.
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That double-whammy, she said, put her "in a total panic for three days thinking I may not see next Christmas."
The 59 Grand Slam titles winner Martina Navratilova opens up on her devastating double cancer diagnosis.
"I was never an underachiever, but this is getting ridiculous."
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Navratilova said that once doctors told her the throat cancer was treatable, she became determined to beat it.
"You get into tennis mode," she told Morgan. "That’s where having been a champion athlete comes in pretty handy."
Navratilova said she and her wife, Julia Lemigova, had to reevaluate their priorities following her diagnosis.
"We were thinking about adopting (a child) but that’s definitely put on hold, and I don’t think it’s going to happen," she said. "I think it’s just too complicated and the energy – I only have so much right now.”
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Martina Navratilova: 'Prognosis is excellent' on throat, breast cancer
