Doctors involved in the treatment of Yuvraj Singh have confirmed that the cricketer has been diagnosed with cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy in the USA.
Setting aside speculation about Yuvraj's medical condition, Dr. Nitesh Rohatgi and Dr. Anupama Hooda of Max Healthcare said here on Monday that Yuvraj had a condition called “extragonadal seminoma, located between his lungs.”
“It is not lung cancer. It is a rare tumour which forms less than one per cent of cancers,” Dr. Rohatgi said at a press conference here.
Dr. Hooda said the disease was “over 95 per cent curable” and the exact cause of it was not known.
The doctors and Yuvraj's family, through his spokesperson, pleaded with mediapersons to respect their privacy. They made it clear that details of Yuvraj's illness and location of his treatment, supported by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), would not be revealed anymore.
Meanwhile, BCCI Secretary Sanjay Jagdale said in a release that the Board had been in touch with Yuvraj's family members.
“His family values the affection and concern the media has for Yuvraj. The Board would like to appeal to the media to respect the privacy of Yuvraj and his family members at this critical juncture. Periodic media releases regarding his health status will be issued by the BCCI,” Jagdale said.
The ace cricketer had contacted Dr. Rohatgi and his hospital in mid-January. “Since our meeting we have been coordinating his present treatment and will continue close follow-up,” Dr. Rohatgi read out from a statement.
“On Wednesday, Yuvraj will begin the third of his nine weeks of chemotherapy in the USA. As expected, in the first few days Yuvraj did not feel very good, he felt nauseous, but starting this week he will be hopefully on the mend. Yuvraj has shown tremendous courage and kept his spirits high all this while.
“The chemotherapy has been planned, to ensure that Yuvraj can return to full fitness and readiness for cricket. Yuvraj should be able to start active training in about 10 weeks. I feel that Yuvraj the person will be cured of this cancer and most likely Yuvraj the cricketer will return with the same fervour that he had when he left. Hopefully, he would be on the field by first week of May,” said Dr. Rohatgi.
“The USA-based team has specially been chosen because of their vast experience with sportsmen and they have had many positive outcomes, more importantly, seen the athletes return to field.”
According to the doctors, the star cricketer had been playing video games, going for long walks, jogging and reading books, including those by top cyclist Lance Armstrong who had made a remarkable recovery himself after being treated for testicular cancer.
Keywords: Yuvraj Singh, cancer
Wish you a speedy recovery. Think positive & be confident;
dear Yuvi! My and my wife's good wishes are with u. Get well soon, we want to see u healthy and strong as before.
get well soon
Yuvi speedy recovery. We are pray for you. We wat to see your rocking hitting(batting) & bowling. I can't forget in my life your world cup performance.
Definitely UV will come back to the cricket very soon.
We wish Yuvraj Singh a speedy recovery and good health.
Wish you a speedy recovery. Think positive & be confident.
All The Best...U V....come back to the cricket..
Now that the BBC has taken up the cost of Yuvraj's treatment and the added fact that he is making money from Health Insurance advertisements, I just hope that he uses this opportunity to champion the cause of cancer treatment in India
I hope the diagnosis is incorrect. Yuvaraj Singh Is fine and play for India again.
get well soon
We are all praying for quick recovery of Yuvi.....
Cancer Stage I is 100 percent curable, so YUVRAJ will get well soon & He back to form
Good cricketer. Has done a lot for Indian Team. Nothing will happen to him. All our well wishes are with him.
But, why is the media hype on this? Are there no limits? Cant a person - even if very popular - cant have peace and privacy during his illness? He should not have given the the insurance Ad during this time! The Ad was in bad taste especially now! Wish Yuvi the best.!!
He will recover soon because whole of India is with him now.
Wish Yuvaraj a speedy recovery. we all will pray for him. Keen to see him on field again soon. He will.
HE WILL BE BACK SOON
Now that the Govt has taken up the cost of Yuvraj's treatment and the added fact that he is making money from Health Insurance advertisements, I just hope that he uses this opportunity to champion the cause of cancer treatment in India (where crores do not have access to basic medical facilities), rather than being concerned only of his health & wealth.
as one of the star players, yuvraj will certainly come back to the cricket field and enthrall the cricket world
We all cricket fans love Yuvraj and are praying for him and wish him a speedy recovery , we all would like to see him on the ground soon atleast in odi and Ttwenty teams if not in test cricket .
We pray for the speedy recovery of Yuraj Singh. May god bestow upon him mercy and make him healthy and fit soonest.
Yuvi will recoved and come back again in Cricket.
we are very proud of yuvii.get well soon.india needs you
i wish yuvraj to recover soon and get back to field...
Onces again i want to see 6 sixes in one over. come on "paji" .
Besides the better treatment ,let us pray for his speedy recovery and
good health . May be the Lord be with him.
GET WELL SOON YUVI UR ROCK STAR OF INDIAN YOUTH
AT THE SAME TIME U WILL RECOVER VERY SOON
I wish a speedy recovery for the young cricketer. His performance in the one day internationals are indelible. Thank god that this flamboyant all-rounder's condition is fully curable. may god bless this great fighter and exemplar sport star.
I wish Yuvaraj to Recover soon and back to the Game
Get well soon YUVI! We respect your privacy. It's nice to see his fans wishing his recovery from neighbouring countries as well.NOW that's quite a humanitarianism and gesture of sportsmanship from fans.
Yuvi! Plz recover soon and come to save Team India.. Hope you would recover soon..
I hope the diagnosis is incorrect. Yuvaraj Singh Is fine and play for India again.
In every single related news item there is a plea from the family to respect privacy and to leave a space, but still every single newspaper compulsively carries the story in one or the other form. Is this compulsion driven by commercial and competitive interests? Shouldn't The Hindu take lead and stop publishing any news related to the cricketer who ts struggling with the disease? It is also time to stop speculating about the disease itself. If it is a seminoma, a rare form of germline malignancy, the prognosis is generally very good but then again it is a matter better left to professionals.
I wish yuvraj a speedy recovery and start play soon
I fully support Yuvraj's family for their appeal for privacy. I wish for all-rounders' speedy recovery and back in cricket field to entertain his fans with his wonderful hitting over the ropes. Asif Sohail. Lahore. Pakistan
Let us pray to Almighty GOD to give him and his Family the courage to
withstand all the sufferings and pain which he undergoes at this Juncture.
Yuvi from the moment I heard You are in my prayers.Our prayers will definitely heal you.>GET WELL SOON
I am fond of Yuvraj Singh. All of his batting line are pleased by me and I am very interested to him. So I pray to God as though he can leave his illness rapidly and i also told them those who love Yuvraj Singh as though pray for him.
praying for him,we all aware he is not a quitter he is a fighter
Please Email the Editor