The 83-year-old was first diagnosed with the disease in 2002 when he was 62 and was told he had three months to live if he did not undergo treatment. (File)
Sir Geoffrey Boycott on Tuesday released a statement saying that he was diagnosed with throat cancer for the second time and will undergo surgery in two weeks.
“In the last few weeks I have had an MRI Scan, CT Scan, a PET Scan and two biopsies and it has now been confirmed I have throat cancer and will require an operation. From past experience I realise that to overcome cancer a second time I will need excellent medical treatment and quite a bit of luck and even if the operation is successful every cancer patient knows they have to live with the possibility of it returning. So I will just get on with it and hope for the best,” as per a statement quoted by The Telegraph.
The 83-year-old was first diagnosed with the disease in 2002 when he was 62 and was told he had three months to live if he did not undergo treatment. He then had 35 chemotherapy sessions and had made a recovery with his wife’s and daughter’s support.
A veteran of Yorkshire and England cricket, Boycott has 151 first-class centuries and has played 108 Test matches for the Three Lions. He retired in 1982 and had a fruitful career in media, especially in BBC, a role from which he retired from in 2020.
The England legend is set to undergo operation in two weeks and is hopeful he will not need to endure radio and chemotherapy sessions, something that he had termed as horrific the last time he had to fight the disease.
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