Dr Andrew Chan: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- Lead author of the study based at Massachusetts General hospital in the US
- Quoted on
- Cancer
- Tracked press citations
- 1
- Most recently quoted
- 27 Aug 2026
“The vast majority of these polyps do not become bowel cancer. But at the same time, we know the vast majority of bowel cancers we see in young people arise from these precursor lesions.”
Where Dr Andrew Chan has been quoted
- Ultra-processed foods may help explain rising bowel cancer in under-50s, study suggeststheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
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