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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Health
Jane Kirby

Woman told she was ‘too young’ to have bowel cancer visited GP 13 times

Milli Tanner was told she was too young to have bowel cancer before eventually being diagnosed (Handout/PA) -

A woman who went to her GP 13 times plus A&E before being diagnosed with bowel cancer has said she was repeatedly told she was too young to have the disease.

Doctors told Milli Tanner, now 23, she probably had piles, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or period problems when in fact she had a potentially deadly tumour.

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