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  2. Top-Line Data Show Exact Sciences' Cologuard Test ...

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    Sensitivity measures a test's ability to correctly identify positive results. It is the percentage of patients who were determined by colonoscopy to have pre-cancerous polyps or cancer who had a ...

  3. What Is the Age Limit for Medicare Coverage of Cologuard?

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    Cologuard is an at-home colon cancer screening kit that detects changes in genetic material indicating potential cancer or polyps. Medicare covers one kit per year under Original Medicare (Parts A ...

  4. Colonoscopy - Wikipedia

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    A positive test is almost always an indication to do a colonoscopy. In most cases the positive result is just due to hemorrhoids; however, it can also be due to diverticulosis, inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis), colon cancer, or polyps.

  5. Is there an age limit for Cologuard through Medicare?

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    Cologuard refers to an at-home stool DNA test that can help screen for colon cancer or polyps. A person enrolled in Medicare aged between 45 and 85 is eligible for coverage for a Cologuard test ...

  6. Molecular diagnostics - Wikipedia

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    For example, the ColoGuard test may be used to screen people over 55 years old for colorectal cancer. [57] Cancer is a longtime-scale disease with various progression steps, molecular diagnostics tools can be used for prognosis of cancer progression. For example, the OncoType Dx test by Genomic Health can estimate risk of breast cancer.

  7. Fecal occult blood - Wikipedia

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    Fecal occult blood testing (FOBT), as its name implies, aims to detect subtle blood loss in the gastrointestinal tract, anywhere from the mouth to the colon.Positive tests ("positive stool") may result from either upper gastrointestinal bleeding or lower gastrointestinal bleeding and warrant further investigation for peptic ulcers or a malignancy (such as colorectal cancer or gastric cancer).

  8. Top-Line Data Show Exact Sciences' Cologuard Test ...

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    Top-Line Data Show Exact Sciences' Cologuard Test Demonstrates 92 Percent Sensitivity in the Detection of Colorectal Cancer All endpoints achieved in 10,000-patient trial of non-invasive ...

  9. FDA Clears Exact Sciences' Next-Generation Colorectal Cancer ...

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    The Cologuard Plus test is now approved for adults ages 45 and older who are at average risk for colorectal cancer (CRC). FDA approval was based on findings from the pivotal BLUE-C study, one of ...