By Ighomuaye Lucky. O
Celestine Ann “Tina” Beyoncé Knowles, 71, has said that she currently battling with breast cancer.
Tina, the mother of Beyonce, the American super star artiste, revealed this in her new book, Matriarch: A Memoir.
Knowles was made to know about the ailment at a mammography appointment that had been postponed for years.
“My doctor told me I had breast cancer,” she wrote.
“A small tumour in my left breast that was cancerous; the larger tumour in my right breast was benign, but it would also have to go.
“She said I was Stage 1A, assuring me my prognosis was good. The next step was to talk to an oncologist and a breast surgeon.”
Knowles waited until the day of the diagnosis to share the news with Beyoncé.
“She took it well, staying positive, and I could already feel her mind racing, focusing on this as a task to tackle with precision,” she said of how Beyoncé reacted to her breast cancer diagnosis.
“She would find me the top specialist, and I distinctively remember her telling me, ‘I want you to get a second opinion on whatever the course of treatment is’,” Knowles added.
Knowles said her superstar daughter “lined up one of the top breast surgery specialists in the country” for her to get a private consultation.
After the surgery, which also included a breast reduction, Knowles wrote that she was cancer-free.
Newstracktoday reports that Celestine Ann “Tina” Beyoncé Knowles (née Beyoncé; born January 4, 1954)[1][2] is an American businesswoman, fashion designer, author, and philanthropist known for establishing the brands House of Deréon and Miss Tina by Tina Knowles.
For her contributions to the fashion business, Knowles was honoured at the Accessories Council Excellence Awards in 2001.
She is the mother of singers Beyoncé and Solange Knowles and was married until 2011 to their father Mathew Knowles, the manager of Destiny’s Child.
