What Should I Know About Lynch Syndrome and Colorectal Cancer?
Gastro Girl
English - March 12, 2024 09:30 - 34 minutes - 48.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsMedicine Health & Fitness Alternative Health digestivehealth caregiving gastroenterology healtcare health lifestyle mind nutrition patients Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Lynch syndrome is a hereditary form of colorectal cancer. It is estimated that 1 in 279 people in the United States have this genetic predisposition but over 90% those people don’t even know it. Today’s guest, patient advocate Dave Dubin, was one of those people when he was first diagnosed with cancer at age 29. Dave is a 3x cancer survivor and has since started a non-profit foundation, Alive and Kick’n, (www.aliveandkickn.org/) to spread awareness of this genetic condition. Dave shares his patient story, the importance of genetic testing and early detection of cancers in the body, and how he’s managed to live a full and vibrant life despite his condition.