Martina Navratilova

Winner of 59 grand slam singles and doubles titles Martina Navratilova previously underwent treatment for early-stage breast cancer in 2010; ...

"The prognosis is good, and Martina will start her treatment this month. When it didn't go down, a biopsy was performed, the results came back as stage one throat cancer. "This double whammy is serious but still fixable, and I'm hoping for a favourable outcome.

Tennis legend Martina Navratilova said Monday she has been diagnosed with both Stage 1 throat cancer and breast cancer.

And the way she competes, the way she relies on your ability to roll up your sleeves and compete.” “You look at your skills as an athlete, to compete,” Shriver said from her home in California, “and in her case to compete and be the best while leaving no stone unturned -- as far as finding things out, researching and understanding how to put together the best team. “This double whammy is serious but still fixable,” said the 66-year-old in a statement.

The ex-world number one previously underwent treatment for early-stage breast cancer in 2010.

When it didn't go down, a biopsy was performed, the results came back as stage one throat cancer." "Both these cancers are in their early stages with great outcomes. "The prognosis is good and Martina will start her treatment this month.

Tennis great Martina Navratilova said Monday that she has been diagnosed with throat cancer and breast cancer.

The 18-time Grand Slam singles winner, who is 66, said that doctors discovered the unrelated breast cancer when diagnosing her Stage 1 throat cancer.

Her career began in the mid 1970s and stretched into the 21st century, when she won her last Grand Slam title at the 2006 U.S. Navratilova’s rivalry with Chris Evert in the 1970s and ’80s defined women’s tennis at the time, as the two squared off 14 times in Grand Slam singles finals, with Navratilova winning 10 of them. “I was as healthy as you can get and didn’t really have to worry about anything,” Navratilova said in 2017 when discussing her earlier battle with cancer.