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Cancer awareness

Phoenix resident beating cancer, hopes to teach others

Phoenix resident Shannon Jacobo chalked up her severe stomach pain to stress.

After about a year, a visit to her primary care doctor prompted her to get a colonoscopy. But doctors were unable to complete the procedure after physicians discovered a large tumor in her colon in July 2022, she said.

Jacobo got more bad news after doctors removed 12 inches of her colon. It was discovered she had spots on her liver a few months later due to the cancer spreading.

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