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topic: health

life, interrupted: facing cancer in your 20s

Suleika Jaouad NY Times

The articles points out the question that not many people have asked themselves: where is all the 15-40 years old people with cancer going?, what happening to them? and most important what are their chances to survive?.

As its clearly pointed out in the article, this young adults many times are over 18, wich makes them responsable for themselves.

what happens when you have 20 and no job, no insurance and no way to cover the (high) expenses of cancer?

Also pointed out in the article is how the doctors, since they are not expecting this kind of illness in young people, totally miss the symptoms.

Making the cancer spread even more before they start treating it.