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Evaluation of Colorectal Cancer Risk and Prevalence by Stool DNA Integrity Detection
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New fecal occult blood tests may improve adherence and mortality rates
Veena Kumaravel1, Stephen P Hayden, Geraldine S Hall
1Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
|August 3, 2011
Abstract:
Several new fecal occult blood tests have advantages over older ones when used for colorectal cancer screening. Fecal immunochemical tests can detect antibodies to human globin in the stool and can be used without the dietary restrictions needed with traditional guaiac tests. Although colonoscopy is often considered the gold standard, we hope that these new tests will allow more people to be screened and more cases of colorectal cancer to be detected early.
