A dad who insisted his rapid weight loss came from working too hard and not eating properly was suffering from cancer that was spreading to his lungs and liver. Rob Gore, 40, dismissed the symptoms until his wife Kirsty persuaded him to visit the GP.
The supply chain logistics manager, from Warrington, said: "By the time I received my diagnosis, I'd resigned myself to the fact it was something serious. I had bowel cancer and it had spread, with nodules in my liver and lung."
With nearly 43,000 people diagnosed with bowel cancer every year, it is the second biggest cancer killer in the UK, according to the charity Bowel Cancer UK. More than nine in 10 new cases are diagnosed in people of 50 years of age or above, and it is more common in men, reports the Liverpool ECHO.
