More young adults are being diagnosed with cancer NBC Boston [Video]

Natasha Mathias lost her twin sister Natalie to colon cancer when Natalie was 42.

“Colon cancer at 38. That wasn’t something that we would’ve ever thought,” said Mathias. “She just thought she was tired a lot, she was dealing with fibroids, which I believe masked the colon cancer.”

Natalie’s death highlights a troubling trend across the United States and South Florida: more adults under 50 years old are being diagnosed with cancer. 

Oncologists at Memorial Cancer Institute in Hollywood are seeing more cases. 

“That feeling that because you’re young this will not affect you, this will not get to you, unfortunately it’s not true,” said Dr. Brian Hunis, Medical Director of Medical Oncology at Memorial Cancer Institute. “I would tell you being part of that age group, it is scary because we used to treat people older than we are. And it’s not quite frequent to treat people our age …