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The rest of this article assumes patients who meet current NICE guidance are investigated, and concentrates on presentations that do not meet NICE guidelines. 4 It does not concern factors before presentation to medical care: there can be major delays from patients not recognising that their symptoms are important. We found no literature suggesting that colorectal cancers in patients under 40 present differently from those in older patients. Similarly, we found no primary care study of colorectal cancer symptoms in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
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