The Sandwich Generation: Cancer Diagnoses for Young Adults Overlooked

For Young Adults, Cancer Can Often Go Undiagnosed and Untreated
Katherine Miller (right) inspired 'Nightline's' story on the Sandwich Generation, young adults who remained undiagnosed and untreated for cancer. At the age of 26, Miller died of colorectal cancer after being diagnosed only six months prior. Frank O'Day (left) is currently battling Stage Four Hodgkin's Lymphoma at the age of 29.

He has not expressed an ounce of self-pity or a hint of anger, though for Frank O'Day it is easy to be angry. He is 29 years old and he has cancer. But according to O'Day, when it comes to cancer, anger is just a wasted emotion.

O'Day has been battling stage four Hodgkin's lymphoma with optimism, humor and dignity. He fights the way anyone would want to fight after a doctor delivers such tragic news. And even at 29, O'Day knows that hope is his only weapon.

Katherine Miller was also filled with hope when she was diagnosed with colorectal cancer at the age of 25, just as she was beginning medical school at Des Moines University.

She too believed in her ability to conquer the disease. Miller, however, did not win that fight. With barely a hint of illness before her diagnosis, six months later she died at the age of 26.
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