Almost exactly a year after tennis legend Chris Evert announced she was diagnosed with Stage 1C ovarian cancer, the 18-time Grand Slam champion shared Tuesday that she is cancer free.
In a piece she wrote for ESPN published Tuesday, Evert detailed her late sister’s cancer journey and how it impacted her own experience. Evert was able to discover her cancer early on because of the genetic map her sister Jeanne had left. Doctors were able to discover that Evert had BRCA-1 variant, which her sister also had.
Six chemotherapy treatments later, Evert no longer has ovarian cancer.
