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Talk TV: Martina Navratilova talks about cancer with Piers Morgan<\/h3>\n

Martina Navratilova says she is ‘staying away’ from people ‘who don’t give her energy’ after winning her battle against cancer. The\u00a018-time Grand Slam champion was diagnosed with throat and breast cancer earlier this year but was given the all-clear in March.
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This is the second time Navratilova has seen off cancer having previously undergone treatment for early-stage breast cancer in 2010. Opening up on her state of mind when she found out about her second diagnosis during a recent appearance on the\u00a0‘On with Kara Swisher’ podcast, she said: “The second time I was diagnosed, I said: ‘I could die in a year or less’.<\/p>\n

“The doctor who diagnosed me told me it could be in the lungs, kidneys or liver, which meant it could also be in the brain. Before I knew exactly where she was, I was terrified that she might be a death sentence.<\/p>\n

“Once we find out she wasn’t, the prognosis is very good, but it still puts things in perspective, no doubt. When health is at a crossroads like this, everything else takes a back seat.<\/p>\n

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“First of all, you need to be healthy. I learned to stay away from people who didn’t give me energy, who took it away from me. At the same time, I try to energize people, but it has to be a symbiotic situation, not a one-way street,” she said.<\/p>\n

“The moment I was told, I went into total panic for three days, thinking maybe I wouldn’t be there next Christmas. I came up with a list of things I wanted to do. And it may seem very superficial, but I thought about which car I wanted to drive in the last year of my life,”\u00a0she added. Instead, fortunately, she overcame her battle and also attended more events, such as the WTA awards Finals.<\/p>\n

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