Navratilova announces that she has overcome the cancer she suffered from

• Tennis Martina Navratilova announces she has breast and throat cancer: "I'm going to fight with everything I have"

Tennis player Martina Navratilova has said she is cancer-free nearly four months after announcing she had been diagnosed with throat and breast cancer.

The Czech-American, who won a total of 59 Grand Slam titles between singles and doubles and is considered one of the greatest players of all time, had said in January that the cancer was stage 1.

"As far as you know, I'm cancer-free," the 66-year-old told Piers Morgan for TalkTV in an excerpt of an interview to be published Tuesday.

"I still have to treat my right breast probably with radiation, but only for a couple of weeks and that's more preventive than anything else," she added.

The cancer was discovered in November last year. Navratilova was previously diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010 and recovered.

According to The Trust Project criteria

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