Bowel Cancer Doesn't Discriminate: My Battle with Bowel Cancer as a GP with Dr Anisha Patel

• Every 12 minutes someone in the UK is diagnosed with Bowel Cancer
• Bowel Cancer is the 4th most common Cancer in the UK
• 1 in 17 men will be diagnosed with bowel cancer in their lifetime in the UK
• 1 in 20 women will be diagnosed with bowel cancer in their lifetime in the UK
• 54% of bowel cancer cases in the UK are preventable.

*stats from Bowel Cancer UK

It's Bowel Cancer Awareness week! Joining host Jennie on this weeks episode is Dr Anish Patel. She is a NHS GP and the author of 'Everything You Hoped You'd Never Need to Know About Bowel Cancer'. She is also a Bowel Cancer Survivor and an Ambassador for Bowel Cancer UK. You may have also seen her on Daytime talk show Lorraine and Channel 4's Embarrassing Bodies. Dr. Anisha shares not only her wealth of knowledge and expertise on Bowel Cancer and how we can prevent it, but candidly opens up about her own battle with stage 3 Bowel Cancer.

You can find Dr. Anisha Patel on:

Website: Dr Anisha Patel | Doctors Get Cancer Too | Medical Speaker

Book: Everything You Hoped You'd Never Need to Know About Colorectal Cancer: A Doctor's Very Personal Guide to Getting Through Sh*t and Beyond: Amazon.co.uk: Patel, Anisha, Dr.: 9781399811132: Books

Instagram: @doctorsgetcancertoo

You can contact Bowel Cancer UK here: Bowel Cancer | Bowel Cancer UK

You can follow Why Are We Whispering? on:

Instagram: @whywhisperpodcast and @whywhisperthewholestory

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.