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Kent Father Dies of Stage-4 Bowel Cancer After Symptoms Were Dismissed as Stress

His wife’s fundraiser for their children follows his June death, highlighting experts’ warnings about rising bowel cancer rates in younger adults.

The doctor told Kyle Ingram-Baldwin that the pain could be stress-related due to his age.
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Man Dies Just Months After He Blamed Stress For His Stomachache; Got Diagnosed With Deadly Bowel Cancer
Kyle passed away just weeks after starting a fundraiser.  | Image: Freepik

Overview

  • In October 2024, Ingram-Baldwin visited his GP for persistent abdominal pain that doctors initially dismissed as stress or gallstones before scans revealed stage-4 bowel cancer with liver metastases.
  • Despite six rounds of chemotherapy and targeted therapies, his cancer continued to spread, leading to his death on June 16, 2025.
  • Shortly before his passing, he raised over £15,000 through a GoFundMe campaign for alternative treatments, and following his death his wife Becky launched a second fundraiser to support their four children.
  • Medical experts advise that symptoms such as changes in bowel habits, unexplained weight loss, and abdominal discomfort lasting more than three weeks warrant immediate investigation.
  • A 2025 study in The Lancet Oncology found early-onset bowel cancer rates rising in 27 of 50 countries, with England experiencing one of the steepest annual increases.