"My advice for someone who might be afraid to seek medical advice or colorectal cancer screening is to listen to your body and go get checked if you feel like something isn’t right. You are not alone and you have the strength to fight!"

Jena Sica

患者/幸存者

结肠 - 第 III 阶段

Age at Diagnosis: 25

I was diagnosed with stage IIIc colon cancer in 2020 at the age of 25 after a colonoscopy I had due to rectal bleeding.

In 2021 it became stage IV.

I am now 29 and still getting treatment.

My symptoms prior to diagnosis were rectal bleeding or blood in stool and fatigue.

I have had biomarker testing, and treatments have included chemotherapy, targeted therapy/immunotherapy, and surgery.

发布于: 1 月 28, 2024

Jena Sica

发布于: 1 月 28, 2024

I was diagnosed with stage IIIc colon cancer in 2020 at the age of 25 after a colonoscopy I had due to rectal bleeding.

In 2021 it became stage IV.

I am now 29 and still getting treatment.

My symptoms prior to diagnosis were rectal bleeding or blood in stool and fatigue.

I have had biomarker testing, and treatments have included chemotherapy, targeted therapy/immunotherapy, and surgery.

"My advice for someone who might be afraid to seek medical advice or colorectal cancer screening is to listen to your body and go get checked if you feel like something isn’t right. You are not alone and you have the strength to fight!"

患者/幸存者

结肠 - 第 III 阶段

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Age at diagnosis: 25

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