Tragic loss inspires New York tech entrepreneur to tackle cancer: Urgent medical need [Video]

After losing his wife to colon cancer, a New York man has dedicated his life to fighting the disease and trying to protect other families from the same tragedy.

Roy de Souza, now 54, and his wife, Aisha de Sequeira, had three young children when she was diagnosed with cancer in 2017. 

At the time, the family was living in India, where de Souza ran a technology company and his wife headed up an investment banking firm.

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“We had a good life there — and then she was diagnosed,” he told Fox News Digital in an interview. 

“She was only in her mid-40s.”

His wife’s first symptom was stomach pain. 

Multiple trips to the doctor yielded nothing, but the pain continued. Finally, a CT scan revealed the shadows of cancer.

“Colon canceris a tricky one, because it’s inside the body — you can’t …