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Tennis Star Martina Navratilova Battling Breast Cancer

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LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Tennis icon Martina Navratilova is battling breast cancer.

According to People, Navratilova caught the cancer early and her prognosis is said to excellent.

“I cried,” the 53-year-old athlete told the mag about the moment she found out following a routine mammogram. “It knocked me on my ass, really. I feel so in control of my life and my body, and then this comes, and it’s completely out of my hands.”

Navratilova was reportedly was diagnosed with a non-invasive form of the disease called ductal carcinoma in situ, also referred to as DCIS. The cancer is said to be only located in her milk ducts and has not spread.

“It was the best-case scenario you could imagine for detecting breast cancer,” Dr. Mindy Nagle, a good friend of Navratilova’s told the mag.

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