Martina Navratilova wins battle against breast cancer

02 October,2010 08:44 AM IST |   |  IANS

Ace tennis player Martina Navratilova has won yet another marathon battle - this time against breast cancer


New York: Ace tennis player Martina Navratilova has won yet another marathon battle - this time against breast cancer.
Navratilova, who was diagnosed with a non-invasive form of breast cancer, called ductal carcinoma, underwent six weeks of gruelling radiation treatment and now she is cancer free.
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"I am cancer-free," people.com quoted her as saying. "Technically I was cancer free after the lumpectomy in March. But then I had radiation to make sure that it killed any cancer cells that were still hovering about," she added.u00a0
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Martina Navratilova marathon battle breast cancer