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Bowel cancer under 50: What you need to know
Rates of early onset bowel cancer cases are rising. Dr Anisha Patel explores what to look out for and when to seek help.
Dr Anisha Patel
GP and stage 3 bowel cancer survivor
Since her diagnosis, Anisha has been keen to raise awareness and turn her negative into a positive, writing her way through cancer, and helping others along the way.
She has become a campaigner, author, speaker, media doctor and content creator/health educator raising awareness of women’s health, cancer and mental health. She works with a number of charities and is working alongside research teams looking at the rise in early onset bowel cancer. Her book Everything you’d hoped you’d never need to know about bowel cancer was an Amazon bestseller and she is passionate about talking about survivorship and navigating life after cancer. Anisha is passionate about tackling health inequalities and teaching individuals to know their normal and seek help early for their symptoms.
"Historically for years, women’s health has been under researched, underfunded and neglected."
Why are you passionate about women's health?
Because historically for years, women’s health has been under researched, underfunded and neglected. Having had a number of health issues personally and seeing so many women professionally, I know that the impact on quality of life is huge and we need to be doing better.
What one piece of advice would you give to our audience?
Know your normal.
What is missing from the current conversation around women's health?
Research into how different diseases impact women differently to men. Health inequities between women of different races and potential barriers to care and delivering health messaging which is relatable to an array of individuals from different backgrounds.
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