More colon cancer in young people, especially in women

Annelies Timmerman: “Colon cancer, wasn’t that a disease of the over-fifties?” — © Fred Debrock

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While the number of colon cancer diagnoses is falling in the over-50s, a striking increase is reported in young people. “My GP thought it was postnatal fatigue. It turned out to be colon cancer,” testifies Annelies Timmerman (34).

Hilde Van den Eynde

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