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6 days agoEarly-onset cancer fuels calls for wider screening - but at what cost?
Cancer screening ages are being lowered due to rising diagnoses in individuals under 50.
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1 month agoBay Ridge community walks to raise awareness for colorectal cancer * Brooklyn Paper
This walk works to raise awareness for people out there regarding screening for colon cancer. It's truly a preventable disease and at 45 years old, everybody should be screened. We are excited to have our community members join us, and I'm excited to say we've raised almost $20,000 for the Colorectal Cancer Alliance.
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1 month agoAn oncology student was diagnosed with breast cancer in her 20s after spotting 2 subtle symptoms
When Ph.D. student LaShae Rolle felt a pain in her chest, she didn't think much of it at first. A little soreness made sense: she was working hard in the gym, preparing to bench press nearly 300 pounds for a powerlifting competition. The pain came and went, but then Rolle noticed a lump in her breast, a textbook warning sign of breast cancer. It was a red flag she was deeply familiar with from her own studies on cancer prevention and treatment.
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2 months agoA $700 blood test promises to detect 50 different kinds of cancer. The results come with major caveats.
Access to advanced blood-based cancer screening and proactive biological testing remains costly, creating a health-access gap despite direct-to-consumer telehealth offerings.
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6 months agoA 36-year-old woman was told she was 'too young' to have colon cancer. Months later, she was diagnosed with stage 4.
Young adults can develop advanced colon cancer that may be misdiagnosed, delaying diagnosis and treatment, but chemotherapy can induce long-term remission.
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