During the early days of the pandemic, former NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins became a familiar voice steering the country through an unprecedented public health crisis. Now, he is going through his own health crisis, an aggressive form of prostate cancer. By talking about it publicly he hopes to draw attention to routine screening.
During the early days of the pandemic, former NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins became a familiar voice steering the country through an unprecedented public health crisis.
Now, he is going through his own health crisis, an aggressive form of prostate cancer. By talking about it publicly he hopes to draw attention to routine screening.iframe src="https://www.npr.
Collins says that early detection is key; routine health screenings were part of what helped him catch his cancer early"This kind of surveillance, even though a lot of people put it off, this can be lifesaving. And if there's some little part of my story that gets somebody interested and doing that for themselves, then it's worth being out there in the public."Staring down a cancer diagnosis is scary for anyone – including medical professionals.
But Collins says he's thankful the cancer was caught early. He's currently a part of a clinical trial at NIH,"I'm hoping that whatever is learned about me can be widely shared and can teach people about other ways to deal with this disease."It's difficult for many people to know exactly what to say when someone in their life has received a cancer diagnosis.
This episode was produced by Megan Lim and Brianna Scott. It was edited by Adam Raney and Jeanette Woods. Our executive producer is Sami Yenigun.
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