The Metro: More young people have cancer. A Detroit doctor weighs in
Dr. Thomas Kelly from the Karmanos Cancer Institute shares insights as to why more people under 50 are getting diagnosed with cancer.
It’s a medical mystery with destructive elements. Our cells divide and grow with unstoppable force. They seize surrounding tissue. They invade from within.
That’s how cancer works. And cases of younger people getting cancer — folks under the age of 50 — have been growing. Someone born in 1990 is now four times more likely to get rectal cancer, and two times more likely to get colon cancer than someone born in 1950.
Why? And, what is it like to be a doctor in metro Detroit fielding these cases?
Dr. Thomas Kelly is a gastroenterologist at the Karmanos Cancer Institute. He spoke with The Metro‘s Robyn Vincent about different dietary and environmental factors that may be contributing to rising cancer rates.
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