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“At no time before the Dr. Bomba Sr. experience did any other doctor perform a rectal examination on me, including in high school,” Carter said.

She said she felt "fobbed off" when she told doctors about her constipation and rectal bleeding.

As it turned out, several patients did have various signs, including rectal bleeding and weight loss.

Osinoff denied that Cox had attempted to examine her uterus rectally, saying he had told the patient that he could do such an exam, which she declined.

Colon and rectal cancer rates have risen among younger adults as rates have declined among older people, who are far more likely to get colonoscopies that can catch cancers and precancerous lesions called polyps.