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This week, actor James Van Der Beek died just age 48 following a stage 3 colorectal cancer diagnosis.

Colorectal cancer is more commonly known as bowel cancer and here in the UK, bowel cancer accounts for 11% of all new cancer cases, with around 19,600 new cases in females and around 24,500 new cases in males every year, according to Cancer Research UK.

While the condition is most common in elderly adults, bowel cancer cases are rising among young people with Bowel Cancer UK sharing that more than 2,600 people under 50 are diagnosed with bowel cancer in the UK every year........

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