I'm a doctor who was diagnosed with bowel cancer at 39: My pelvic pain was the only clue, says DR PHILIPPA KAYE - this is what you MUST do if you aren't taken seriously

I was horrified to read about 23-year-old Milli Tanner, left, whose bowel cancer was dismissed 13 times by GPs who told her that she was too young to have the disease, writes Dr Philippa Kaye, right.

I'm a doctor who was diagnosed with bowel cancer at 39: My pelvic pain was the only clue, says DR PHILIPPA KAYE - this is what you MUST do if you aren't taken seriously
I was horrified to read about 23-year-old Milli Tanner, left, whose bowel cancer was dismissed 13 times by GPs who told her that she was too young to have the disease, writes Dr Philippa Kaye, right.

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