The Erie County Cancer Services Program (CSP) will hand out free FIT kits at 12 Tops Friendly Markets in March for National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.
The Erie County Cancer Services Program (CSP) will hand out free FIT kits at 12 Tops Friendly Markets in March for National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.
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Continuing the conversation around colorectal cancer
Catching up with Kevin Hays
When people see Kevin Hays they always tell him he doesn t look like he has cancer. But he s been battling with colorectal cancer for seven years.
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COLDEN, N.Y. (WKBW) â When people see Kevin Hays of Colden they always tell him he doesn t look like he has cancer. But he s been battling with colorectal cancer for seven years.
âThatâs great, no one wants to look like a cancer patient. It sometimes can be more of an invisible disease,â said Hays.
âMy cancer has come back and I am stage 4. I have metastases within my stomach cavity, we took some organs out that I donât need all that much, so Iâm a little lighter, said Hays.