The Long Road
The Two-Year Assumption
When rectal bleeding in a 31-year-old was repeatedly dismissed as haemorrhoids, two years passed before a simple procedure revealed Stage III cancer.
Theo Marsh · July 6, 2026 · 5 min
Living with rectal cancer
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