I was really sorry to hear this news yesterday.
She has had a lot of illness throughout her tennis career, mostly to do with her liver and I can only imagine what she may have been able to achieve if she had been completely healthy.
I wish her all the best in her battle to beat this illness.
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08-03-2014 08:07 PM #1Coaching Staff
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Elena Baltacha announces she has liver cancer
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08-03-2014 09:15 PM #2@hibs.net private member
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Yeah, that is terrible news. Always liked Elena, a real battler and I really hope she can beat this.
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08-03-2014 09:29 PM #3@hibs.net private member
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Very worrying news for her, and I'm hoping she can overcome this. She does seem to have been dealt a particularly unfair hand in terms of serious illness and injury throughout her career, and it's to her credit that she got so far with the challenges that she's faced.
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09-03-2014 06:00 PM #4Coaching Staff
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I see her cancer was being connected to Chernobyl given the fact she grew up in Kiev, I wonder how many lives that disaster will eventually end up claiming?
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09-03-2014 06:22 PM #5Coaching Staff
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She was diagnosed about 10 years ago with Primary sclerosing cholangitis, which is an autoimmune disease of the bile duct and can eventually lead to liver cancer.
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09-03-2014 09:57 PM #6Coaching Staff
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Aye, I know. I was just going by what a professor of oncology who advises the Ukrainian government had said. Originally Posted by Trig
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04-05-2014 10:57 PM #7Coaching Staff
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Devastating news coming through tonight that Elena Baltacha has sadly lost her fight with liver cancer at the age of just 30.
Really sad.
RIP Elena.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/27280549
what a flippin shame, only 30 year old as well :(
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05-05-2014 03:37 AM #9@hibs.net private member
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Tragic news and so young.
RIP Elena - a sad loss to Scottish sport.
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05-05-2014 04:42 AM #10Coaching Staff
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That's just not right.
RIP Elena x
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05-05-2014 04:17 PM #11Testimonial Due
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R.I.P elena, sad loss to scottish/british sport.
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