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prima:“At no point in the process did I doubt that I was going to survive”: a look at the most frequent types of cancer in adolescents and young adults in Puerto Rico

Between 2017 and 2021, the disease among people aged 15 to 39 accounted for 4.7% of all reported cases and 1.7% of all associated deaths

November 23, 2024 - 6:00 PM

Between 2000 and 2019, cancer incidence rates in adolescent and young adult men and women increased at a rate of 2.0% and 3.2% each year, respectively, according to data from the Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry. (Shutterstock)

Six years ago, the day after Thanksgiving, a brutal swelling in his neck landed Hiram Alejandro Rivera Acevedo in the emergency room. He was 16 years old at the time, and was diagnosed with stage four Hodgkin’s lymphoma cancer.

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