Martina Navratilova said she had “no more cancer”. The former world number one, who won 18 Grand Slam titles during her long career, revealed last January that she had been diagnosed with throat cancer and breast cancer.
The 66-year-old has yet to undergo preventative radiation treatment, but said in an interview with British journalist Piers Morgan due to air Tuesday night on TalkTV that she would then be ‘good for service’. . “As far as they know, I don’t have cancer,” Navratilova said, in quotes reported by the British press.
Already treated for breast cancer in 2010
Navratilova, who has won 59 major singles and doubles titles, revealed her diagnosis left her fearing the worst. “I was completely freaked out for three days thinking maybe I wouldn’t see next Christmas,” she said in this TV interview. “The to-do list popped into my head, with everything I wanted to do. And this may sound very superficial, but I thought to myself, “What luxury car do I really want to drive if I live for a year?” “, she revealed.
Navratilova, who was previously treated for early-stage breast cancer in 2010, saw a doctor after noticing an enlarged lymph node in her neck, and tests later confirmed she had cancer.
“It was the first week of December, [je me disais] that I will see this Christmas, but maybe not next. But doctors told her that her throat cancer was “extremely treatable” and that she had a “95%” chance of a full recovery.