James Van Der Beek diagnosed with bowel cancer — what to know about the disease

As the former Dawson’s Creek star shares his diagnosis and says he’s ‘feeling good’, we ask a leading doctor for the facts on the disease — which is the fourth most common cancer in the UK


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