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Tina Knowles reveals breast cancer diagnosis after missed mammogram

Tina Knowles is revealing how she navigated a secret breast cancer journey.

The “Matriarch” author shared that she was diagnosed with stage 1 cancer in her left breast last July, shortly after she and her daughter Beyonce launched their haircare line Cecred.

Though the mother of two initially kept the news “private,” she now wants to warn women that “It’s important not to slack on your mammograms.”

“I struggled with whether I would share that journey because I’m very private. But I decided to share it because I think it’s a lot of lessons in it for other women,” she told People. “And I think as women, sometimes we get so busy and we get so wrapped up and running around, but you must go get your test. Because if I had not gotten my test early, I mean, I shudder to think what could have happened to me.”

Beyoncé, left, and Tina Knowles attend the Los Angeles Premiere of Disney's "Mufasa: The Lion King" at Dolby Theatre on Dec. 9, 2024 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)
Beyoncé, left, and Tina Knowles attend the Los Angeles Premiere of Disney's "Mufasa: The Lion King" at Dolby Theatre on Dec. 9, 2024 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)

Knowles was blindsided by the diagnosis, but admits that, had she not missed a mammogram during the pandemic, it could have been dealt with earlier. “I forgot that I didn’t go to get my test two years before I thought I had,” she says, “because Covid came and they called me and canceled me and they said, we’ll call you when we start testing again. And I just thought I had done it. So you cannot play around with that.”

In her new memoir, the 71-year-old also writes about how her famous daughters Beyoncé and Solange took the news saying Queen Bey “took it well, staying positive, and I could already feel her mind racing, focusing on this as a task to tackle with precision.” Meanwhile, Solange responded with “we are going to take care of this.”

Speaking of her daughters, her niece Angie, and Destiny’s Child member Kelly Rowland, Tina Knowles says, “My girls became my team.”

She says she is now “cancer-free and incredibly blessed that God allowed me to find it early.”

“I want to give people hope.” she added. “What scares me now is not making the best of every day that I have left in this life.”



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