Milli Tanner repeatedly sought help for symptoms including pain, bleeding and tiredness.
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A woman who went to her GP 13 times plus A&E before being diagnosed with bowel cancer has said she was repeatedly told she was too young to have the disease.
Doctors told Milli Tanner, now 23, she probably had piles, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or period problems when in fact she had a potentially deadly tumour.
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