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Martina Navratilova: Tennis legend says she is 'cancer-free' after treatment

Former tennis great Martina Navratilova says she is "cancer-free" after fearing she "would not see next Christmas".

The 18-time Grand Slam singles champion, who previously had breast cancer in 2010, was diagnosed with throat and breast cancer late last year.

In January, she said both cancers had been caught at an early stage.

"As far as they [the doctors] know I'm cancer-free," the 66-year-old said on Piers Morgan's TalkTV show on Tuesday.

"I still need to deal with the right breast, probably need to have radiation but that's a couple of weeks and that doesn't even count.