{"id":163686,"date":"2025-04-22T16:53:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T16:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/22\/tina-knowles-reveals-secret-breast-cancer-battle\/"},"modified":"2025-04-22T16:53:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T16:53:01","slug":"tina-knowles-reveals-secret-breast-cancer-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/22\/tina-knowles-reveals-secret-breast-cancer-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Tina Knowles Reveals Secret Breast Cancer Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Tina Knowles received a harrowing cancer diagnosis last year.<\/p>\n<p>Until now, she kept it a secret from fans.<\/p>\n<p>Her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/12\/tina-knowles-denies-liking-post-about-jay-z-rape-allegations-claims-she-was-hacked\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">famous daughters<\/a>, Beyonce and Solange, knew. So did a few friends. That was it.<\/p>\n<p>Now, she\u2019s sharing her story with the public, including how doctors <em>almost <\/em>didn\u2019t catch the disease.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_header-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Tina Knowles on CBS Mornings on April 22, 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-523956 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_header-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_header-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_header-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_header-728x410.png 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_header-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_header-1080x608.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_header-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_header.png 1399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_header.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Speaking on \u2018CBS Mornings,\u2019 Tina Knowles opened up about her breast cancer diagnosis in April 2025.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Image Credit: CBS)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-tina-knowles-was-diagnosed-with-breast-cancer\">Tina Knowles was diagnosed with breast cancer<\/h2>\n<p>On the Tuesday, April 22 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/tina-knowles-breast-cancer-diagnosis-missed-mammogram-matriarch-a-memoir\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">episode<\/a> of <em>CBS Mornings<\/em>, Tina Knowles shared her brush with breast cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Early during the COVID-19 pandemic, she explained, she missed a routine mammogram appointment.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, she did not reschedule the screening until 2024. Her overdue mammogram uncovered two tumors.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_01-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Tina Knowles on February 8, 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-523953\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_01-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_01-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_01-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_01-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_01-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_01-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Tina Knowles on February 8, 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-523953 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_01-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_01-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_01-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_01-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_01-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_01-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tina Knowles attends the Black Excellence Brunch Proudly Supported by Disney on February 08, 2025.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Leon Bennett\/Getty Images for Disney)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Knowles shared that doctors found two tumors in her left breast.<\/p>\n<p>One was benign. The other, they diagnosed, was stage 1 cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Tina Knowles is 71 years old. The American Cancer Society recommends mammograms every 1-2 years starting at age 55.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tina Knowles on breast cancer diagnosis, how Beyonc\u00e9 and Solange have supported her\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CTTaZ5onr4o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-i-was-in-disbelief\">\u2018I was in disbelief\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always tried to take care of myself. I just \u2026 was in disbelief,\u201d Knowles expressed to Gayle King.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that she underwent a lumpectomy in August of last year. Eight months later, she\u2019s sharing that she is cancer-free.<\/p>\n<p>When it came to going under the knife, she admits: \u201cI was nervous.\u201d Her famous daughters visited her in the hospital, as did a few friends, all offering encouragement and moral support.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_03-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Tina Knowles on October 8, 2024.\" class=\"wp-image-523955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_03-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_03-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_03-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_03-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_03-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_03-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_03-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_03-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Tina Knowles on October 8, 2024.\" class=\"wp-image-523955 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_03-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_03-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_03-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_03-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_03-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_03-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_03-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_03-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Honoree Tina Knowles speaks onstage during Glamour Women of the Year at Times Square EDITION Hotel on October 08, 2024.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Dimitrios Kambouris\/Getty Images for Glamour)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The surgery was a success \u2014 but not without a complication. Knowles developed an infection so serious that she nearly had to miss Glamour\u2019s 2024 Women of the Year event.<\/p>\n<p>She was not merely a guest for the event, but an honoree. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/03\/taylor-swift-fans-cry-foul-as-beyonce-is-named-top-pop-star-of-21st-century\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Beyonce herself<\/a> urged her mother to not feel obligated to attend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of my life, I just refused to be recognized. I would never take an award. I would never want the attention to me,\u201d Knowles stated. \u201cThis was my saying, \u2018I deserve this.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_02-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Tina Knowles on November 2, 2024.\" class=\"wp-image-523954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_02-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_02-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_02-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_02-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_02-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_02-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_02-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_02-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_02-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Tina Knowles on November 2, 2024.\" class=\"wp-image-523954 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_02-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_02-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_02-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_02-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_02-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_02-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_02-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_02-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0422_tinaknowles_02-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tina Knowles, wearing Gucci, attends the 2024 LACMA Art+Film Gala, Presented By Gucci at Los Angeles County Museum of Art on November 02, 2024.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Matt Winkelmeyer\/Getty Images for LACMA)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-she-s-doing-much-better-now\">She\u2019s doing much better now<\/h2>\n<p>There are many risk factors involved in potentially developing breast cancer. Some of the well-known hormonal risk factors focus upon middle-aged women. <\/p>\n<p>However, old age is one of the risk factors. Women Knowles\u2019 age and considerably older can and do develop breast cancer.<\/p>\n<p>We are all so thankful that her mammogram caught her cancer at stage 1. This could have been much, much worse.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/04\/tina-knowles-breast-cancer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes Tina Knowles received a harrowing cancer diagnosis last year. Until now, she kept it a secret from fans. Her famous daughters, Beyonce and Solange, knew. So did a few friends. That was it. Now, she\u2019s sharing her story with the public, including how doctors almost didn\u2019t catch the disease. Speaking on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":163688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-163686","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}