She initially dismissed symptoms as hemorrhoids, but six years later, was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer. Now, she’s undergoing intensive chemotherapy to combat the advanced cancer, which she ...
Colorectal cancer has become increasingly common in younger people, with one in five cases now diagnosed in patients in their early 50s or younger, according to the American Cancer Society.
Five years after being diagnosed with stage 4 colorectal cancer at 28, Joe Faratzis is reflecting on the six red flags that signaled he was struggling with a serious disease. “I put these ...