It feels like we’ve seen an increase in pro players receiving cancer diagnoses in the last few years? But also, thankfully have a “good” record of players going into remission and recovering; AKB, Torrecilla, Beattie, Luana.
Hopefully it won’t be long before we can add Mala to the list.
Both? We’re at a point of our history where more people than ever before are being directly affected by cancer but I think (assume) the increased professionalisation in the sport is helping with early detection in some way. Regular checkups for players but more in the way of self reporting too?
Think a lot of people tend to sit with all sorts of symptoms saying, “oh, it’s not worth bothering a doctor” but increasingly players are taught about monitoring their own health and being more mindful of niggles or anything that’s not quite right
Comments
Hopefully it won’t be long before we can add Mala to the list.