After turning 45, a woman with mild cramps was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer during a routine colonoscopy

Shambi Broome, 49, was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer after her first annual screening. Shambi Broome Shambi Broome had virtually no symptoms of colon cancer. She got a colonoscopy when she reached the annual screening age, lowered from 50 to 45 in 2018. Broome was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer and developed long-term side effects after treatment. At 45, Shambi Broome didn't believe she had colon cancer symptoms. She assumed her occasional abdominal cramps could be explained by h...