«Throat and breast, I will fight with all my strength»- Corriere.it

His fight is not over. The former tennis champion Martina Navratilov announced that she has been diagnosed two new forms of cancer. She was diagnosed with throat and breast cancer after initially discovering an enlarged lymph node in her neck in early November. During the tests she was also found to have a suspicious breast shape. In particular, breast cancer is a human papillomavirus (HPV), one of the most curable cancers.

All this after 13 years since she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010 which Navratilov managed to defeat after 3 years of radiotherapy. Last April also his great rival of all time Chris Evert had announced that he had cancer.

“This double blow is serious but still fixable,” Navratilova told the British newspaper “Times”. “I hope for a favorable outcome. It’s going to be tough for a while, but I’m going to fight with everything I’ve got,” she said. There Navratilov he noted, as mentioned, an enlarged lymph node in his neck during November’s WTA Finals in Fort Worth, Texas and a subsequent biopsy revealed stage one throat cancer. During the tests, a lump in her breast was also discovered, which was later diagnosed as an unrelated cancer. The nine-time Wimbledon winner was expected to comment the Australian Open this month from the Tennis Channel studio, but will now only make occasional remote appearances.