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Iron deficiency anaemia in a young woman: a plea for early investigation

Anonymous
Med J Aust 2013; 198 (10) || doi: 10.5694/mja12.11505
Published online: 3 June 2013

Following a tragic case of late diagnosis of colorectal cancer, a father calls for an overhaul of current guidelines for the investigation of iron deficiency anaemia in premenopausal women

My 29-year-old daughter tragically died of metastatic colon cancer in 2010, after late diagnosis of the primary caecal tumour.

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