Now that he has shared his stage 3 colon cancer diagnosis and treatment story, Orioles star Trey Mancini wants to get through chemotherapy and hopefully return to full health before taking what seems like a natural next step: advocacy.
He said on a Zoom call with local reporters Wednesday that he wants to use his platform for awareness to help others catch colon cancer through routine physicals the way he did before it spreads throughout the body.
Michael Sapienza, CEO of the Colorectal Cancer Alliance, said advocacy from a platform such as Mancini’s can go a long way toward saving lives, especially if Mancini brings awareness to possible early intervention methods for the growing population of young Americans diagnosed with the disease.