"Dublin nurse Chloe Cowman was diagnosed with stage 2 colorectal cancer in 2023 when it was picked up during screening. She wants people to understand this is not just an 'old person's disease' and to know the signs and symptoms"
"Chloe Cowman was 39 when she received a diagnosis of colorectal cancer, the same cancer that Dawson's Creek star James Van Der Beek passed away from last week, at the age of 48. The actor, who with his wife Kimberly, was the parent of six children, had been diagnosed three years previously."
Chloe Cowman, a Dublin nurse, was diagnosed with stage 2 colorectal cancer in 2023 after abnormalities were found during routine screening. She emphasizes that colorectal cancer is not solely an older person's disease and urges awareness of the signs and symptoms so cases can be detected earlier. Cowman was 39 at diagnosis, illustrating that younger adults can be affected. Actor James Van Der Beek died last week at age 48 from the same cancer; he had been diagnosed three years earlier. Van Der Beek and his wife Kimberly were parents of six children.
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