Boycott, 83, was informed last week that the cancer, which was treated through chemotherapy and radiotherapy in 2002, has returned. “In the last few weeks I have had an MRI scan, a CT scan, a PET scan and two biopsies and it has now been confirmed that I have throat cancer and will need an operation.”
“Past experience has made me realize that to overcome cancer a second time I will need excellent medical treatment and a little luck and that even if the operation is successful, every cancer patient knows that they have to live with the possibility of it returning. will be. This will happen. So I'll do it." "Just get on with it and hope for the best," Boycott said in a statement to The Daily Telegraph.
When diagnosed with cancer in 2002, Boycott was 62 and was told he had three months to live if he did not seek treatment immediately. He overcame it with 35 chemotherapy sessions and the support of his wife Rachel and daughter Emma.
Boycott scored 8,114 runs in 108 Test matches from 1964 to 1982, and also captained England on four occasions in 1978, when Mike Brearley was injured. He scored his hundredth first-class century against Australia at Headingley in 1977. His Test career spanned 108 matches, in which he scored 8114 runs at an average of 47.72, including 22 centuries and 42 half-centuries.
He represented Yorkshire in first-class cricket, scoring 48,426 runs, the fifth highest score of all time. He later became chairman of Yorkshire and was associated with the BBC Test Match Special commentary team for 14 years until 2020.
“Past experience has made me realize that to overcome cancer a second time I will need excellent medical treatment and a little luck and that even if the operation is successful, every cancer patient knows that they have to live with the possibility of it returning. will be. This will happen. So I'll do it." "Just get on with it and hope for the best," Boycott said in a statement to The Daily Telegraph.
When diagnosed with cancer in 2002, Boycott was 62 and was told he had three months to live if he did not seek treatment immediately. He overcame it with 35 chemotherapy sessions and the support of his wife Rachel and daughter Emma.
Boycott scored 8,114 runs in 108 Test matches from 1964 to 1982, and also captained England on four occasions in 1978, when Mike Brearley was injured. He scored his hundredth first-class century against Australia at Headingley in 1977. His Test career spanned 108 matches, in which he scored 8114 runs at an average of 47.72, including 22 centuries and 42 half-centuries.
He represented Yorkshire in first-class cricket, scoring 48,426 runs, the fifth highest score of all time. He later became chairman of Yorkshire and was associated with the BBC Test Match Special commentary team for 14 years until 2020.
