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Meagan Meadows, a 24-year-old teacher, was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer after she had one symptom

She discovered blood in her stool, and quickly received tests, scans and a biopsy, which revealed the cancer was spreading to her lymph nodes

She admits that when she saw the bloody stool, she could have "easily [written] it off as something else"

A 24-year-old teacher was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer, and she says she nearly missed the one symptom that she experienced: blood in her stool. Now, she's advocating for young people to pay attention to symptoms like these.

Meagan Meadows, a Southern California student teacher, went to the bathroom when she noticed a small amount of blood, she told Business Insider . She assumed it was something related to her diet,

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