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2. New colorectal cancer blood test approved by FDA: What to know

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   The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently approved a blood test screening for colorectal cancer that has an over 83% success rate at detecting the presence of this form of cancer.

3. Docs Say This At-Home Test May Be As Effective As A Colonoscopy

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   For years, the gold standard in screening for colon cancer has been a colonoscopy.. But a colonoscopy is a medical procedure that involves length prep work, along with being put under, making it ...

4. Avoiding a colonoscopy? Knoxville lab just launched a blood ...

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   The new lab space will mean more jobs, more cancer screening technology and a bigger bioscience presence in Knoxville. EDP Biotech, founded in 2005, initially focused on high-risk polyps in stage ...

5. Oncotype DX Colon Cancer Assay - Wikipedia

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   The Oncotype DX Colon Cancer Assay is a genomic test for patients with newly diagnosed stage II colon cancer, launched in January 2010 by Genomic Health.The test is a validated diagnostic assay based on an individual patient's colon tumor expression of 12 genes, which quantifies the likelihood of recurrence in stage II colon cancer following surgery.

6. Fecal immunochemical test - Wikipedia

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   The fecal immunochemical test (FIT) is a diagnostic technique that examines stool samples for traces of non-visible blood, which could potentially indicate conditions including bowel cancer. [1] Symptoms which could be caused by bowel cancer and suggest a FIT include a change in bowel habit, anaemia , unexplained weight loss, and abdominal pain .

7. Whole bowel irrigation - Wikipedia

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   Whole bowel irrigation is sometimes used prior to colonoscopy, bowel surgery, other abdominal/pelvic surgery, or a barium enema examination, to cleanse the intestines, enhancing visibility of the intestines' inner surfaces, preventing complications from occurring as a result of spillage of bowel contents into the abdominal cavity, and potentially providing other benefits depending on the type ...

8. FDA approves new blood test to screen for colon cancer

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   The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Guardant Health’s blood test, called Shield, to screen for colon cancer.

9. Blood test for colon cancer screening is approved by US ...

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   U.S. health regulators on Monday approved a first-of-its-kind blood test for colon cancer, offering a new way of screening for a leading cause of cancer deaths. Test manufacturer Guardant said the ...