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.
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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11/21/24 • 23 min

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

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