'A third of colon cancer patients discover disease at emergency'

One third of colon cancer patients do not discover they have the disease until they present at emergency rooms with difficulties, a study has revealed today.

'A third of colon cancer patients discover disease at emergency'

One third of colon cancer patients do not discover they have the disease until they present at emergency rooms with difficulties, a study has revealed today.

Researchers at the Department of Surgery, Wexford General Hospital, Gary Bass, Cathy Fleming and consultant surgeon Ken Mealy, will reveal the data at the Royal College of Surgeons Research Day at St Stephen's Green in Dublin later today.

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