Tina Knowles opens up about breast cancer diagnosis

Tina Knowles, parent of Beyoncé and Solange, is opening up astir her caller conflict with bosom crab successful a profoundly idiosyncratic interrogation with "CBS Mornings" co-host Gayle King.

The 71-year-old said she was diagnosed with Stage 1 breast cancer successful her near bosom aft doctors discovered 2 tumors during a delayed mammogram appointment.

"I've ever tried to instrumentality attraction of myself. I conscionable … was successful disbelief," she told King.

The American Cancer Society recommends a mammogram each 1 to 2 years for women implicit 55. Knowles explained she missed her regular screening during the COVID-19 pandemic and didn't reschedule until past year. Doctors past recovered 2 tumors. One was benign, and the different had Stage 1 cancer.

She was aboriginal informed that had she maintained her regular screenings, detection mightiness person occurred astatine Stage 0, which according to the American Cancer Society is erstwhile the crab has not dispersed beyond the bosom tissue. 

Despite the delay, the crab had not dispersed and was considered slow-growing. Knowles underwent a lumpectomy to region the tumor from her near bosom successful August. Knowles is present cancer-free.

Beyoncé, Solange and immoderate friends came to the infirmary to enactment her up of her surgery.

"I was nervous," Knowles said. "And truthful they started conscionable joking with me." She recalled a infinitesimal erstwhile Solange played a viral video astir the connection "demure" to lighten the mood. 

"I commencement laughing. I get retired of my head. ... Then I said, 'I'm conscionable truthful blessed that y'all are here.' And I thought astir the opus 'Walk With Me,' which they utilized to sing each the time," she said.

Solange, on with niece Angie Beyincé, sang the opus to her earlier surgery.

"It's astir God walking with you into thing and protecting you," Knowles said done tears. "And I went successful determination feeling conscionable similar God has got me."

Months later,  Knowles said that she astir missed Glamour's 2024 Women of the Year lawsuit successful October aft processing a superior post-surgical infection. 

Her family, particularly Beyoncé, urged her to rest.

"Mama, you're not yourself," Knowles said Beyoncé told her. "And truthful she was like, 'Your wellness is much important. Don't go.'"

But the grant held peculiar value for her particularly aft her caller battle. "A batch of my life, I conscionable refused to beryllium recognized. I would ne'er instrumentality an award. I would ne'er privation the attraction to maine … and this was my saying, 'I merit this,'" she said.

In remarks astatine the event, Knowles spoke astir her daughters ever being by her side.

"That's wherefore erstwhile I said, you know, with them, I could get done anything, cipher knew what I was talking about," she said.

More of "CBS Mornings" co-host Gayle King's interrogation with Tina Knowles volition aerial connected Wednesday, April 23, 2025.

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