everything you hoped you’d never need to know about bowel cancer: A doctor’s very personal guide to getting through the sh*t and beyond

Dr Anisha Patel MBChB, MRCP, DFSRH, DRCOG, MRCGP undertook her medical training at the University of Birmingham and is now a general practitioner in West Sussex, UK. She was diagnosed with bowel cancer at the age of 39, and since then her energy has been focused on raising awareness of bowel cancer, initially through her popular Instagram platform, @doctorsgetcancertoo. Today, she is a speaker and health educator, working as an on-screen doctor across a variety of media outlets to highlight a broad range of health agendas. Anisha appears regularly on television, podcasts, in magazines and print media, talking all things health and women's health, with a particular focus on cancers. She has featured on the 'No Butts' campaign, founded by the team from television's Lorraine and the late Dame Deborah James, whose aim is to dispel the stigmas surrounding bowel cancer. Anisha has taken part in a variety of health and cancer-related campaigns, as well as being a Trustee of Teens Unit and a Patron of the Fountain Centre, Guildford, two cancer charities supporting patients from diagnosis, through treatment, and beyond.