Various reasons for this have been suggested by front-runners in cancer research – including the global obesity pandemic, which links high body fat to cancer risks, and the fact young people are less likely to follow up any symptoms with their GP.
What are the symptoms of bowel ca.nc.er?
A change to your bowel movements, or finding traces of blood in your stools are often among the most common signs of can.ce.r in this area of the body.
However, The NHS adds that unusual diarrhoea or constipation, pain in the stomach, fatigue, bloating, or losing weight without attempting to could also be seen as indicators of cancer.
Yet, as we say, there’s another symptom of the potentially-fatal illness which GPs across the globe are particularly concerned about, being how overlooked they suppose it is.
There are several alarming symptoms of bowel cancer (Ekaterina Demidova/Getty)
Speaking to HuffPost this week, Dr Michael Cecchini – medical oncologist at Yale Cancer Center – revealed that lengthy, thin stools are often an indication of something sinister behind the scenes.
“This tends to occur if tumours are present near the end of the colon or if they line the entire inside of the colon, which narrows whatever stool passes through.”
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