Tennis legend Martina Navratilova, who has been diagnosed with throat and breast cancer

Martina Navratilova starts 2023 ready for battle.

The 66-year-old tennis legend and 18-time Grand Slam winner announced on Monday that he has been diagnosed with throat cancer and breast cancer.

This double fault is serious, but still fixable, Navratilova said via the Tennis Channel. I hope for a favorable outcome. It stinks for a while, but I’ll fight with everything I’ve got.

Navratilova, who has won 18 majors during her Hall of Fame career, discovered an enlarged lymph node in her neck in November while in Fort Worth, Texas, commentating on the WTA Finals. After a biopsy, he was diagnosed with stage 1 throat cancer caused by HPV (human papillomavirus). Breast cancer was found during throat cancer tests, but there is no connection.

This is not Navratilova’s first bout with cancer. In February 2010, she was diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ, or DCIS, a non-invasive form of breast cancer. She had a lumpectomy a month later and six weeks of radiation. Six months after her initial diagnosis, Navratilova was declared cancer-free. No additional information was released about the new breast cancer diagnosis, so it is not known if it is a recurrence of the 2010 cancer.

According to Navratilova’s spokesperson, both of these cancers are at an early stage with excellent results. Throat cancer caused by HPV typically responds to treatment, and because Navratilova caught it early, it’s only in one part of her throat and hasn’t spread to her vocal cords.

Navratilova will start treatment later in January and will not travel to the Australian Open, which starts on January 16. He was scheduled to appear as an analyst and color commentator for the Tennis Channel, but he still hopes to make a few remote appearances from Florida. Home.