This, from Sveta's Twitter page: Just read about Martina N! OMG! So bad news! but i know she is very taff and she ll make it thrue! LETS SUPPORT HER GUYS!
Martina announced yesterday that she was diagnosed in February with a non-invasive form of breast cancer called ductal carcinoma in situ, or DCIS. They caught it before it had spread to her breast tissue.
On Good Morning America she stated that it had been 4 years between mammograms and that she was lucky that the DCIS had formed later in those 4 years otherwise the diagnosis would have been much worse.
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Ladies, please get your mammograms.
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At 17 Sveta partnered with a 46 year-old Martina and they made for a formidable doubles team in 2003. They played 15 tournaments together - winning 5 including their biggest titles in Rome and Toronto. They were also the losing finalists at the US Open - the year before Sveta would go on to win the singles title.
Photo: Taken yesterday for People online.
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