Christine McGuinness shares update on mum's cancer battle as she confirms 'she's doing ok'

TV prima Christine McGuinness has opened up astir her mum Joanne's ongoing crab conflict aft she was diagnosed during lockdown

Christine McGuinness has opened up astir her mum Joanne's combat against bosom crab successful a heartfelt interview. The telly prima joined ITV's Lorraine connected Wednesday (22 January) to sermon her stint connected Celebrity Hunted for Stand Up to Cancer alongside Blue's Duncan James.

The 36-year-old shared details astir her mum's information pursuing her diagnosis with assertive HER2-positive bosom cancer, which was discovered aft uncovering a lump during the lockdown period.

During the speech with TV presenter Lorraine Kelly, Christine was asked astir her mum's existent authorities of health, to which she responded: "She's doing OK. She's inactive having treatment, and she inactive has each of her check-ups."

Christine, a mum-of-three who co-parents with her erstwhile spouse Paddy McGuinness, had antecedently spoken retired astir her mum's ordeal with cancer.

Joanne underwent country to region the lump, followed by fractional a twelvemonth of chemotherapy and a bid of radiotherapy sessions. In 2021, Christine joyfully announced that her mum was successful remission, reports the Liverpool Echo.

The scare led Christine to get tested for the BRCA gene, particularly since crab had affected 4 of her aunties, raising her concerns. Fortunately, her results were negative.

"I'm conscionable truly relieved. Thank God it came backmost negative," Christine expressed her alleviation to OK! mag successful 2021. "It doesn't mean I can't get cancer, but it means my chances are the aforesaid arsenic anybody else's."

Despite the reassuring trial outcome, Christine confessed that the anticipation of her children inheriting the cistron inactive worries her.

She said: "As a mum, I interest astir my children anyway. But erstwhile there's a information similar this successful your family, I bash worry. I consciousness amended knowing I don't transportation the cistron and I'm hoping they won't either. But the world is, unfortunately, it's thing that tin happen,".

Lorraine airs from 9am connected ITV1 connected weekdays