Tina Knowles, mother of Beyonce and Solange and author of a just-released memoir, revealed this week that she had been treated for stage 1 breast cancer last July. She noted how lucky she felt to have had the cancer discovered early after initially forgetting to reschedule a mammogram that had been canceled due to COVID.
"I struggled with whether I would share that journey [in my new memoir] because I'm very private. But I decided to share it because I think it's a lot of lessons in it for other women," the Knowles matriarch, 71, whose memoir is an Oprah's Book Club pick and about to go on tour, told People. "And I think as women, sometimes we get so busy and we get so wrapped up and running around, but you must go get your test. Because if I had not gotten my test early, I mean, I shudder to think what could have happened to me."
