“Australia has some of the highest rates of Bowel Cancer in the world.” Everything You Need to Know with Gastroenterologist, Professor Robert Bryant

Life With Danni Duncan · Jun 10, 2026 · 50m

Today’s episode is to support Bowel Cancer Awareness, and I really wanted to have this conversation because bowel cancer is something we often still think of as an “older person’s disease”.

But we’re now seeing more and more younger people being diagnosed, and I think for a lot of us, especially women and mums, it can be really easy to explain away symptoms.

We’re tired because we’re busy.

We’re bloated because we ate something.

Our digestion is off because life is stressful.

We tell ourselves it’s probably nothing.

So today I’m joined by Professor Robert Bryant, who is a specialist in gut…