Kristen Vincent
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“It's exciting to me because the last thing I want is another young person with a young family to have to go through what I went through,”
Kristen Vincent · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-30
Vincent said the new research and potential for more is encouraging.
“If you are finding blood in your stool, you need to call your doctor right away if it is a consistent thing, because the earlier you're able to get the diagnosis, the higher likelihood you will have to beat this,”
Kristen Vincent · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-30
Vincent is encouraging others, particularly younger adults, not to ignore potential warning signs.
“I was actually staged on my youngest daughter's second birthday. So, I found out that I had stage three cancer on her second birthday, and that was my biggest fear was missing their lives,”
Kristen Vincent · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-30
Vincent was 37 years old when she learned she had stage 3 colorectal cancer.
“So please don't be embarrassed. Colonoscopies are not that bad. It's just so critical to catch it early.”
Kristen Vincent · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-30
Vincent is encouraging others, particularly younger adults, not to ignore potential warning signs.
“Every day I would tell myself, cancer is not going to kill me today,”
Kristen Vincent · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-30
Throughout her battle with cancer, Vincent said she tried to maintain a positive outlook.