This article is taken from the monthly Sciences et Avenir n°944, dated October 2025.
“I accepted to integrate it into my daily life, a bit like a chronic illness.” Hélène didn't expect to experience her second recurrence of colorectal cancer at age 45. Five years earlier, her general practitioner prescribed a colonoscopy following digestive problems. He wasn't worried; Hélène was "too young to get cancer " Less than a month later, she was told she had colon cancer. However, Hélène was far from being an isolated case.
