Bowel cancer, also known as colorectal cancer, is the second most deadly kind
Bowel cancer is the fourth most common type of in the UK, accounting for around 11 per cent of new cancer cases.
As part of the study, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, the team analysed data on more than 5,000 patients with early-onset bowel cancer - classified as cancer that occurs before the age of 50. Senior investigator Yin Cao explained: “Colorectal cancer is not simply a disease affecting older people; we want younger adults to be aware of and act on these potentially very telling signs and symptoms - particularly because people under 50 are considered to be at low risk, and they don’t receive routine colorectal cancer screening.
Cao said two symptoms in particular - rectal bleeding and iron deficiency anaemia, a condition in which there are not enough healthy red blood cells to carry oxygen - point to the need for timely endoscopy and follow-up. First study author Cassandra Fritz added: “It usually takes about three months to get a diagnosis from the time a person first goes to the doctor with one or more of the red flag signs and symptoms we’ve identified.
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