Medscape October 8, 2025
Kayla Sheehan, MD, listened carefully as her patient, a woman in her thirties with no symptoms or family history of pancreatic cancer, asked about getting screened for the disease. As a primary and palliative care physician for University of Michigan Medicine in Livonia, Michigan, Sheehan helps healthy people navigate cancer prevention and treats patients with late-stage cancer — including young adults who overlooked early symptoms.
“It’s hard for me to not let those cases, which are rare, impact the way that I practice,” she said. “I can really empathize with patients who read stories about the increasing incidence in cancer, especially in young people, and who want to be really diligent about making sure that they don’t have cancer, because...
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