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A 39-year-old man saw blood in his poop. He had colon cancer.
A 39-year-old man named Russ Read-Barrow noticed blood in his poop and was diagnosed with colon cancer after a colonoscopy. His cancer later spread to his liver and lungs, leading to multiple surgeries and treatments, including chemotherapy and ablation. He now manages his stage 4 cancer as a chronic illness.
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