What Should I Know About Early-Onset Cancer?

11/21/24 • 23 min

Early-onset cancer cases are on the rise. What do we need to know about this concerning trend? How are early-onset cancers different from other cancers? Who is at risk? And what are researchers saying? In this episode of Q&A with Dr. K, we get expert insights from two Dr. Ks: Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler and Dr. Tiffany Kniepkamp.
If you have a question for Dr. K, email [email protected]. Your question will remain anonymous.
Additional resources for this episode
Yale Medicine: https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/early-onset-cancer-in-younger-people-on-the-rise
Mayo Clinic: https://www.mayoclinic.org/medical-professionals/digestive-diseases/news/addressing-the-rising-incidence-of-early-onset-colorectal-cancer/mac-20541392
Johns Hopkins: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/articles/2019/06/an-earlier-onset-for-colorectal-cancer
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/types/colorectal/center-for-young-onset-colorectal-gastrointestinal-cancer

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Additional resources for this episode
Health IT: Advancing America's Health Care: https://www.healthit.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/health-information-technology-fact-sheet.pdf
Mayo Clinic Personal Health Records and Patient Portals: https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/consumer-health/in-depth/personal-health-record/art-20047273
Johns Hopkins Medicine Benefits of Telemedicine: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-therapies/benefits-of-telemedicine
HealthIT.gov Your Health Information Security: https://www.healthit.gov/topic/your-health-information-security

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If you have a question for Dr. K, email [email protected]. Your question will remain anonymous.
Additional resources for this episode
American Cancer Society - Information and decision-making assistance: https://www.cancer.org/cancer/types/prostate-cancer.html
American Society of Clinical Oncology - https://society.asco.org/news-initiatives/current-initiatives/geriatric-oncology/specific-cancer-types/prostate-cancer
National Cancer Institute - Overview, screening and treatment information: https://www.cancer.gov/types/prostate

Q&A with Dr. K - What Should I Know About Early-Onset Cancer?

Transcript

Beth Brown00:00:10.080

Welcome to Q and A with Dr. K, a podcast by Mountain Pacific Quality Health, where we sit down with Dr. Doug Kuntzweiler and get your health questions answered, because on Q and A with Dr K, the doctor is always in.

Beth Brown00:00:34.929

Hello, everyone. This is Beth Brown, your host, and we are so excited to have Dr. K squared. Today we have two Dr. Ks joining us for this episode of Q and A with Dr. K, and so as