Six former Philadelphia Phillies players have died of brain cancer, and a doctor has said a potential link should be investigated.
Former Phillies pitcher David West died of brain cancer this past week at the age of 57, renewing the question of whether the phenomenon of several former players who played for the team at Veterans Stadium dying of brain cancer was coincidental.
David West, who pitched for the Phillies, Mets, and others during his MLB career, died of brain cancer on May 14, 2022.Dr. Marc Siegel is calling for an investigation into the brain cancer deaths of six ex-Phillies players.“It’s a cluster, and it needs to be examined. The amount of incidents of deadly brain cancer are about three out of 100,000. This is three or four times that or more,” Dr. Marc Siegel, a Fox News contributor and Professor of Medicine at the NYU Langone Medical CenterDr.
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