This is something that presenter Gloria Hunniford knows only too well, after losing daughter Caron Keating to cancer in 2004.
Appearing on Good Morning Britain today, the 75-year-old recalled how a consultant told her that her beloved daughter could have been saved.
“I was at a Cancer Research dinner one evening when a consultant came into the room and unveiled this amazing new drug. After the presentation, he came over and said that while he was giving his speech, he couldn’t help but think that this drug had come along four years too late for my daughter,” Gloria told show hosts Kate Garraway and Susanna Reid.
She added: “When I was told this, I remember feeling so angry and frustrated. But at the same time, when Caron was given the prognosis of living for just a year-and-a-half, she went on to survive for seven years. And that’s terrific.”
Caron, who was a mother-of-two, battled breast cancer for seven years before passing away 11 years ago. Our hearts go out to Gloria and the family as they continue to deal with the loss of Caron every day.
