Mum campaigning for bowel cancer screening change after daughter’s death

Cheryl Reid died in February just four months after being diagnosed with the disease at stage 4.

A mum who lost her daughter to bowel cancer at just 32 is campaigning for the screening age for the disease to be lowered from 50 to 30.

Cheryl Reid died in February just four months after being diagnosed with the disease at stage 4.

Her family says she was “dismissed” by doctors despite suffering from symptoms for over a year.

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