Alarmed by the color and frequency of the blood in her stool, Mahon was referred to a GI doctor who initially thought she had an autoimmune disease. “Once I got the colonoscopy, she told me that she ...
A timeline also depends on overall health and underlying conditions, how early the diagnosis occurred, and treatment options and access. The early stages of lung cancer often have no obvious symptoms.
We are dying less and less of cancer in this country. We’ve seen cancer deaths cut by a third in the last 30 years — that’s good. But at the same time, we’ve seen another trend — more women and young ...