A 10-year study showed colon cases in the under-50s rose by 1.8% and rectal cancer by 1.4% a year on average. Lowering the screening age will help to transform survival rates. “The time has passed where it is in any way acceptable to tell someone under 50 they are too young for bowel cancer. My point being in all the pictures I look healthy but I was pooing blood, was tired and had a change in bowel habits.”BBC Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen this year revealed he has bowel cancer. The study, published in the Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology journal, showed a decrease of 1.7% in rectal cancer among the over-75s.

Source: Daily Mirror May 16, 2019 22:30 UTC