Originally published: 7news, 31 May 2025
An Adelaide mother-of-three is calling on all Australians to change the way they go about a daily habit after her own cancer symptoms were dismissed.
Paediatric nurse Nina Di Santo was diagnosed with stage three bowel cancer in April 2020.
Bowel cancer is the fourth most common type of newly diagnosed cancer and the second deadliest in Australia.
Nearly 15,000 Australians are told every year they have bowel cancer, with just over 5,000 people per year losing their lives to it.
New research from Pureprofile, which surveyed more than 1,000 Australians on their bathroom habits, also revealed a grim reality.
