Living Well
Coping with colorectal cancer
It is the top cancer among men, but many are diagnosed only at later stages of the disease
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Film director Desmond Tan found out he had stage 4 colorectal cancer three years ago. The cancer had spread from his colon to his liver and surrounding lymph nodes.
He started to feel severe and sharp pain in his lower abdomen, and had blood in his stools a few months before he was diagnosed.
