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Almost exactly a year after tennis legend Chris Evert announced he had been diagnosed with stage 1C ovarian cancer, the 18-time Grand Slam champion said Tuesday he is cancer-free.
In a piece he wrote for ESPN released Tuesday, Evert detailed his late sister’s cancer journey and how it affected his own experience. Evert discovered his cancer early thanks to the gene map left by his sister Jeanne. Doctors discovered that Evert had the BRCA-1 variant, which his sister also had.
Six chemotherapy treatments later, Evert no longer has ovarian cancer.
“Today I’m cancer free, and there’s a 90 percent chance the ovarian cancer will never come back,” Evert said.
Evert noted that those with the BRCA-1 variant also have a higher risk of breast cancer, prostate cancer and pancreatic cancer.
After the hysterectomy, Evert underwent a double mastectomy to reduce the likelihood of breast cancer. The ESPN analyst said he has one more surgery left.
“Luckily, the report came back clean and clear, and my risk of getting breast cancer has been reduced by more than 90 percent,” Evert said.
Evert said the reason he wrote this detailed article about his experience is so others can learn more information to save their lives, like his sister’s journey did for him.
“As relieved as I am to get to the other side of this, I always have a heavy heart,” Evert said. “I will never recover from losing Jeanne, and I will never take for granted the gift she gave me in the process. My sister’s journey saved my life, and I hope that by sharing mine, I might just save someone else’s.”
Evert is currently working as an analyst for ESPN covering this year’s 2023 Australian Open.
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