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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Rebecca Whittaker

Tumour samples from the 1950s could reveal why more young people are getting bowel cancer

Tumour samples that have been stored for more than 70 years could help solve the mysterious rise of bowel cancer in young people.

Bowel cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the UK, affecting 44,100 people a year, it is also the second leading cause of cancer deaths.

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