NBC News correspondent Antonia Hylton has revealed that she was diagnosed with a rare type of cancer, a neuroendocrine tumor.
The symptoms manifested about two years ago, the 30-year-old Hylton said in a Today interview. She started having stomach issues. “It was easy for me to just write it off,” Hylton said.. “I travel.
I’m on planes (and) maybe I don’t have the best diet. But I love what I do, so it’s worth it, and I’m not going to let these symptoms hold me back.” A segment on the Today show about Craig Melvin’s brother’s death because of colon cancer was her wakeup call. “Something about that really stuck with me,” she said.
That and a TikTok video of a woman diagnosed with colon cancer at 24 resonated with Hylton. Meanwhile, her symptoms were getting worse. “I was waking up (and) my face was swollen.
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