Kim Kardashian says late father’s cancer made her keep diagnosis private

Summary

• US reality television star Kim Kardashian has said she initially kept her diagnosis of oesophagitis private because it reminded her of her father, Robert Kardashian, who died of oesophageal cancer in 2003.
• Robert Kardashian, a lawyer and the reality star’s father, died in 2003, aged 59, after being diagnosed with oesophageal cancer.
• Oesophagitis is inflammation of the lining of the oesophagus and is distinct from oesophageal cancer.

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US reality television star Kim Kardashian has said she initially kept her diagnosis of oesophagitis private because it reminded her of her father, Robert Kardashian, who died of oesophageal cancer in 2003.

Kardashian discussed her diagnosis in the latest episode of The Kardashians, saying the condition had been weighing on her mind.