Yuvraj is taking treatment in US for his cancer
NEW DELHI: Yuvraj Singh who was Player of the Tournament in the World Cup last year with 362 runs, 15 wickets and four Man-of-the-Match awards has been diagnosed with cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy in the United States.
According to reports since last month he is in US and being treated for what was earlier claimed to be a tumour in the lungs by his family.
But it has now been diagnosed as malignant and the 30 year old left hander is currently undergoing through chemotherapy in the Cancer Research Institute at Boston.
His physiotherapist Dr Jatin Chaudhary assured that the ailment is curable and the batsman would be fit to resume cricket in May.
Yuvraj has also been taking ayurvedic medicines to battle the disease.
“After ayurvedic treatment only three cycles of chemotherapy are required. Initially when the cancer was diagnosed after a biopsy in October end, doctors feared that the treatment would be six cycles of chemotherapy,” Chaudhary said according to sources.
