“Any person that comes in to see me for rectal bleeding or other things like change of bowel habits or increased shortness of breath or anemia, anything like that I’m paying attention to,” she said. “I’m seeing these really young people coming in with very advanced cancer because either the patient blew off (symptoms) or the provider blew it off because they’re like, ‘Oh they’re so young. It couldn’t be cancer.’ I just, like, ignore age completely.”
Colon cancer screening should start earlier, disease prevention experts say. Here’s what you need to know.
