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"I Should Have Done My Test Two Years Earlier" : at 60, This Non-Smoker Athlete Discovers that He Has Colorectal Cancer

Summary by Pleine Vie
For a long time, Balram Dyal did not feel concerned. At the age of 60, he saw himself as a typical anti-patient: marathonian, yoga enthusiast, vegetarian and non-smoker. Convinced that his discipline offered him a natural shield, this engineer from Fréjus put aside the colorectal cancer screening mails sent by the Sickness Insurance. When he finally took the test, in 2019, the diagnosis fell: stage 3 colorectal cancer. The national campaign Mars…
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For a long time, Balram Dyal did not feel concerned. At the age of 60, he saw himself as a typical anti-patient: marathonian, yoga enthusiast, vegetarian and non-smoker. Convinced that his discipline offered him a natural shield, this engineer from Fréjus put aside the colorectal cancer screening mails sent by the Sickness Insurance. When he finally took the test, in 2019, the diagnosis fell: stage 3 colorectal cancer. The national campaign Mars…

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Pleine vie broke the news in on Wednesday, March 4, 2026.
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