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Wimbledon champion Gabriela Dabrowski reveals playing matches amid breast cancer treatment; What were his initial symptoms?
Former Wimbledon and US Open womenâs doubles champion Gabriela Dabrowski revealed she has played until 2024 after being treated for breast cancer. She briefly delayed that treatment to compete at Wimbledon, where she reached the doubles final. Read on to know what were the early symptoms of that dangerous disease.
âEarly detection saves lives,â Gabriella wrote in an Instagram post.
Paris Olympics bronze medalist and three-time Grand Slam champion Gabriela Dabrowski has revealed that she battled breast cancer throughout 2024 and played the entire season during treatment. âI know this will be a shock to many, but Iâm fine and will be fine,â she wrote in an Instagram post.
âEarly detection saves lives. I can completely agree with that.â
The 32-year-old Canadian, who reached her career-highest doubles ranking of No. 3, said she took a break from tennis after that. undergoing two surgeries But returned to the court in June, where she won the Rothesay Open at Nottingham with partner Erin Routliff.
Dabrowski said she briefly put her treatment on hold to compete at Wimbledon and the Paris Olympic Games, where she and Routliff finished runner-up at Wimbledon, and Dabrowski won a bronze medal in mixed doubles at the Paris Games. âIt all feels surreal,â he posted.
Dabrowskiâs health battle begins in 2023
According to Dabrowski, His health problems began in the spring of 2023 when is that During self-examination she felt a lump in her left breast.But a doctor told him there was nothing to worry about.
He wrote, âSo, I didnât do it. Time passed and in the spring of 2024, I felt the lump get a little bigger.â âDuring our extensive physical examination, a WTA (Womenâs Tennis Association) doctor told me she wasnât sure what it was and that she would have to go and get it scanned.â
Dabrowski underwent mammograms, ultrasounds and biopsies before her cancer was discovered. He wrote, âThese are words you never expect to hear, and in an instant, your life or the life of a loved one is turned upside down.â
She said, âFor a long time, I was unwilling to expose myself to the potential attention and questions that I had received before. I wanted to understand everything and only talk about things in private with those closest to me. Wanted to handle.â ,
What is breast cancer?
When does breast cancer occur? Abnormal breast cells grow out of control And form tumors. If left untreated, tumors can spread throughout your body and become fatal. Breast cancer cells start inside the milk ducts and/or milk-producing lobules of the breast.
Doctors say that about 80 percent of breast cancer cases are aggressive, meaning the tumor can spread from your breast to other areas of your body. Breast cancer usually affects women 50 years of age and older, but it can affect younger women as well.
Breast Cancer Symptoms and Signs
Some signs and symptoms of breast cancer include:
- Changes in the shape, size, or outline of your breasts
- A mass or lump that may feel as small as a pea
- A lump or thickening in or near your breast or in your underarms that persists during your menstrual cycle
- Changes in the look or feel of your breast or nipple skin, which may appear red, purple, or darker than other parts of your breast, as well as dimpled, wrinkled, scaly, or swollen.
- a marble-like hard area under your skin
- blood spotting or clear fluid discharge from your nipple
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