Every year in the UK, 43,000 people are newly diagnosed with colorectal cancer, and 268,000 are living with, or after, a diagnosis.<BR/> 1 in 15 men; 1 in 18 women. If you've picked up this book, there's a strong chance you're one of them; or one of their partners, family or friends.<BR/> Dr Anisha Patel, a GP married to a consultant gastroenterologist and bowel surgeon, never dreamed she'd be such a statistic. After all she was healthy, fit, under 40 <I>and </I>a doctor; but the diagnosis of Stage 3 colorectal cancer changed her life in the same way as it has - or will - yours.<BR/><I>everything you hoped you'd never need to know about colorectal cancer </I>is the book Anisha wishes she'd had to hand during and after her diagnosis. She brings her professional and clinical expertise to inform and educate; she brings her own experience of treatment so you can feel heard, seen and supported as you set out on this path.<BR/> Anisha starts with he