Interviewed on Good Morning America by breast cancer survivor Robin Roberts, Navratilova said she had Grade III DCIS, which requires her to undergo radiation but has only a 10 percent chance of returning. Always the picture of perfect health, the AARP's Health and Fitness ambassador said she competed in tennis matches for Hit for Haiti on Friday, Mar. 12, played some hockey on Saturday and Sunday and underwent a lumpectomy by Monday. When she endures six weeks of radiation, it'll fall during the 2010 French Open, which she plans to attend.
This player just doesn't stop. She was so busy that she missed her mammogram for four years straight. When she visited her OB/GYN in early 2010, she was lucky that the cancer had only developed a few months earlier.
"Cancer knows that you're not 50 yet, so it's going to wait," Navratilova laughed sarcastically in reference to the 2009 finding that mammogram screenings aren't necessary at 40. "I don't know who came up with these recommendations. I can't speak for the doctors, but in my personal case, I'm glad that I did it. And I would encourage women to have those mammograms — if at all they can afford it."
Encouraging women to have mammogram screenings is exactly why Navratilova said she went public with her cancer. Thursday, Apr. 8, at 12:45 p.m. EST she will have a live chat on AARP's website with doctors to answer hers and readers' questions regarding the breast cancer affecting 70,000 American women every year. Click here to sign up.
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