From Deseret News archives:
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Son Jose is fighting to stay in Salt Lake for colon cancer treatments
But Jose Corado is a colon cancer patient at Huntsman Cancer Institute, hoping not only to survive but for a reprieve so that he can continue to receive treatment here.
He's apprehensive about losing his mother's care and attention as he anticipates the physically draining chemotherapy treatment again.
"She was a big support factor in my life in dealing with, especially, the chemo," he said. "Knowing I won't have that support, it is different. No one is going to treat you like your mom will."
Jose says he has been living with cancer since 2001, and doctors have told him his case is terminal. His faith, however, gives him hope that he'll survive.
"It's quite unusual" for this type of cancer to occur in someone as young as Corado, said Randall Burt, professor of medicine and director of prevention and outreach at Huntsman Cancer Institute. Fewer than 1 percent of cases occur younger than 40, Burt said, sometimes due to family risk factors but the majority "just arise sporadically."
Because the cancer is so rare in such young patients, most people aren't screened for it until 50, he said. So, in younger patients, the cancer is often detected only after it starts to cause symptoms.
"By the time colon cancers cause symptoms, they are often in the later stages ... and are often not curable," he said. "Colon cancer is slow growing, the tumor progresses over time; if it is detected early it makes a difference."
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