Martina navratilova breast cancer

RELATED TOPICS • • • (CNN) -- Nine-time Wimbledon tennis champion Martina Navratilova said Wednesday she has breast cancer. Navratilova said she has a noninvasive form of the cancer, called ductal carcinoma in situ, that was detected during a mammogram. The cancer was surgically removed in a procedure called a lumpectomy, and Navratilova will undergo radiation treatment, she said. "I'm very hopeful," the tennis legend said in an interview to air Wednesday night on CNN's "Larry King Live." DCIS, as the cancer is commonly called, has a 95 percent survival rate, Navratilova said. Some medical sources say the survival rate is even higher, approaching nearly 100 percent. In DCIS, abnormal cells multiply and form a growth within a breast milk duct . The cancer is noninvasive, which means it originally doesn't spread out of the milk duct to other parts of the breast. It is considered the earliest possible clinical diagnosis of breast cancer. If left untreated, about 30 percent of women with DCIS will develop invasive breast cancer an average of 10 years from the initial occurrence, the Breast Cancer Network of Strength says on its Web site. Navratilova, 53, said she skipped her mammogram for several years and urged women to get the test done regularly. Born in Czechoslovakia, she defected to the United States in 1975. Navratilova won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, a record 31 Grand Slam women's doubles titles and 10 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. She advanced to the Wimbledon si...

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STORY HIGHLIGHTS • Martina Navratilova tells inside story of beating breast cancer • During treatment she played in legends tournament and did TV commentary at French Open • Czech-born U.S. citizen Navratilova won 59 Grand Slam titles • She now encourages women to get regular mammograms Watch "Martina: My Toughest Opponent" on CNN International at 1830 CET August 7, 1300 and 2030 CET August 8 and 0400 CET August 9 Paris, France (CNN) -- It's been a life filled with the highest of highs, and the lowest of lows for tennis great Martina Navratilova. "I think anybody that survives the communist system, they're pretty tough!" Navratilova told CNN. "And then being gay on top of that, that wasn't helpful. As they say, that which does not kill you makes you stronger, so I am pretty strong." This year she needed all the strength gained from her amazing life to fight breast cancer while continuing to play tennis and commentate. CNN International was granted rare access to document Navratilova's treatment. She decided to tell her story because she wants women to take better care of themselves and get regular mammograms -- not put it off like she had. "I heard on February 24, which is kind of my 9/11. You don't forget the day when your life is completely changed forever. Although I did not hear the word cancer, your biopsies (are) positive. I am like 'positive is usually good, wait a minute, that is not good, what does it mean?'" Navratilova said. She was diagnosed with the most commo...

Navratilova, 66, said both cancers had been caught at an early stage. "The double whammy is serious, but fixable, and I'm hoping for a favourable outcome," she said. "It's going to stink for a while, but I'll fight with all I have got." Navratilova noticed an enlarged lymph node in her neck during November's WTA Finals in Fort Worth, Texas. A subsequent biopsy revealed stage one throat cancer. During the tests, a lump was also discovered in her breast, which was later diagnosed as an unrelated cancer. "Both of these cancers are in their early stages with great outcomes," Navratilova's representative Mary Greenham added. Navratilova was due to cover this month's Australian Open from the Tennis Channel studio in Melbourne, but will instead make some occasional remote appearances. The nine-time Wimbledon singles champion said she felt "helpless" after she was diagnosed with cancer in 2010 , but decided to go public with the news to help other women suffering similar health problems. • Live scores, results and order of play • Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone

USA TODAY Just four months after being Navratilova, 66, said in an interview with Piers Morgan on Tuesday that doctors have been encouraged by her progress since starting radiation and chemotherapy treatments. "As far as they know I’m cancer-free," she said. "I will be very, very diligent about it, but the prognosis is excellent. But you never know." The 18-time Grand Slam singles champion previously underwent treatment for early-stage breast cancer in 2010, but found out in December she had stage 1 throat cancer and further tests showeda recurrence of breast cancer. STAY UP-TO-DATE: That double-whammy, she said, put her"in a total panic for three days thinking I may not see next Christmas." The 59 Grand Slam titles winner Martina Navratilova opens up on her devastating double cancer diagnosis. "I was never an underachiever, but this is getting ridiculous." Watch the global EXCLUSIVE from 8pm Tuesday on TalkTV. Navratilova said that once doctors told her the throat cancer was treatable, she became determined to beat it. "You get into tennis mode," she told Morgan. "That’s where having been a champion athlete comes in pretty handy." Navratilova said she and her wife, Julia Lemigova, had to reevaluate their priorities following her diagnosis. "We were thinking about adopting (a child) but that’s definitely put on hold, and I don’t think it’s going to happen," she said. "I think it’s just too complicated and the energy – I only have so much right now.”