Australia records highest rates of early onset bowel cancer in the world

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Australia has recorded the highest rates of bowel cancer in people aged under 50 in the world. New research from the University of Melbourne has revealed an Australian born in 1990 is now up to three times more likely to develop the disease, compared to someone born in the 1950s. Guest: Professor Mark Jenkins, Head of the Colorectal Cancer Unit at the University of Melbourne Producer: Brooke Young

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