A 40-year-old man passed away tragically just months after complaining of stomach pain, which he initially thought was because of stress. For Kyle Ingram-Baldwin, his ordeal began when he started having mild pain in his tummy, which gradually started increasing with time.

He then sought the doctor’s advice for a couple of weeks. Kyle, a father of four from Kent, told the doctor he suspected his pain was related to stress and thought it could be diagnosed as stones in the gallbladder. However, the pain just kept getting worse with time. An ultrasound found bulges in his liver, and another test gave Kyle the devastating diagnosis of bowel cancer. "I didn't think a lot about it, but I thought I'd better get it checked out,” he told The Sun.

Two weeks later, Kyle was informed that his cancer was stage 4 – which means the disease was at an advanced stage and had spread to other parts of his body. He then underwent six rounds of chemo and radiotherapy – a more targeted course – but these were not able to get the disease, which spread to his liver, under control. And within months of receiving his diagnosis, Kyle died. "He was the most incredible man I have ever met,” said his wife, Becky.

According to Becky, initially, Kyle did not have too many symptoms that indicated he may have had cancer. “Apart from a mild tummy ache, which kept on increasing, he did feel fatigued,” she said.

She added, "He did not present with any of the conventional symptoms. If you think anything's wrong, please press your GP and go get it checked.”

Also known as colon cancer, this deadly condition develops from polyps or growths in your colon’s inner lining. According to experts, screening tests can detect and remove precancerous polyps. If untreated, colon cancer may spread to other areas of your body.

Bowel cancer starts in your large intestine – the long tube that helps carry digested food to your rectum and out of your body. Doctors say it develops from certain polyps in the inner lining of your bowel. Thanks to screening tests, early treatment, and new kinds of treatment, fewer people are dying from colon cancer.

Your colon wall is made of layers of mucous membrane, tissue, and muscle. Experts say colon cancer starts in your mucosa – the innermost lining of your colon which consists of cells that make and release mucus and other fluids. If these cells mutate or change, they may create a colon polyp. Over time, colon polyps may become cancerous – which can take around ten years to form. Left undetected or untreated, the cancer works its way through a layer of tissue, muscle, and the outer layer of your colon.

You can have colon cancer without having any symptoms, but if you do, you may not be sure if changes in your body are signs of colon cancer. It happens because some of the symptoms are similar to those of less serious conditions. A few common signs of colon cancer include: