Former British No.1 Baltacha fighting cancer Former British number one Elena Baltacha revealed on Friday that she is battling liver cancer. "I have recently been diagnosed with cancer of the liver," the 30-year-old said in a statement. Baltacha was diagnosed at the age of 19 with primary sclerosing cholangitis, a chronic liver condition which compromises the immune system. Ukraine-born Baltacha reached a career-high ranking of 49 in 2010 ...
March 7, 2014 - AFP via Yahoo! Sports