Will Princess Kate's diagnosis encourage more people to get screened for cancer?

[Music] well it's a story that has captivated the world the re recent cancer diagnosis of Princess Kate after weeks of speculation people wondering where she had been well last Friday Princess Kate revealed in a video message that she had been diagnosed with cancer after undergoing a major abdominal surgery now this announcement once again brought talk of cancer screenings back to the Forefront 7A news reporter Simon Shad spoke to people in Dearborn about their thoughts on the importance of scre

enings Kate mlon she announced she had cancer it took her a while to come forward we knew something was going on she is young she's only 42 so that surprised me it was thought that my condition was non-cancerous the surgery was successful however test after the operation found cancer had been present what does it say when Princess Kate Middleton comes out so publicly that's a good way to use a platform can happen to anyone and she's pretty young and she's a family very scary and then you really

kind of think back of like are you really prioritizing your health cancer is uh about as serious as it comes some people think they think they are Superman they are invincible when you get older your body changes so you always need to check up on yourself the higher income the neighborhood probably the better access to education that should be a universal I personally lost my grandpa of kog cancer I've had some friends and family who who have had cancer and have beaten it I've had the lost famil

y member from cancer and it's one of the hardest one of the hardest situations I had to go through it has taken us time to explain everything to George charlot and Louie in a way that's appropriate for them and to reassure them that I'm going to be okay how hard of a topic is it to talk about very uncomfortable to talk about for people especially when you know someone with cancer does a public announcement like this raise awareness for more people to go and get screened would hope so I'm over 50

so I do all my cancer screenings and and hearing that news just makes me want to call my doctor more I'm 24 and to my grandpa who was diagnosed at 60 we hope that you'll understand that as a family we now need some time space and privacy while I complete my treatment what's hardest about taking the steps being okay with a really hard answer you have a share of people who are proactive you also have a share of people that are nervous you need a community and you need your family to go through a

cancer diag nois and you need a village help is out there and people do care for more information regarding resources just go to our website wxyz.com from Dearborn Simon shaat 7 Action News