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  2. 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 ...

  3. Take it from me. Getting this medical test can save ... - AOL

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    I’ve done Cologuard, the at-home colon cancer screening test Like Smith, I have my own family experience. My first cousin, Marshel Lewis, who is the spitting image of my mother, was diagnosed ...

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

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    The Cologuard Plus test will build on the Cologuard test, which has been used more than 17 million times. The Cologuard test is a first-line colorectal cancer screening test for adults age 45 or ...

  5. False positives and false negatives - Wikipedia

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    The false positive rate (FPR) is the proportion of all negatives that still yield positive test outcomes, i.e., the conditional probability of a positive test result given an event that was not present. The false positive rate is equal to the significance level. The specificity of the test is equal to 1 minus the false positive rate.

  6. Colonoscopy - Wikipedia

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    It results from a burn injury to the wall of the colon causing abdominal pain, fever, elevated white blood cell count and elevated serum C-reactive protein. Treatment consists of intravenous fluids, antibiotics, and avoiding oral intake of food, water, etc. until symptoms improve.

  7. Chlamydia trachomatis - Wikipedia

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    Chlamydia Elementary body (EB)-ELISA could be used to stratify different stages of infection based upon Immunoglobulin-γ status of the infected individuals [35] Direct fluorescent antibody test also finds Chlamydia antigens. Chlamydia cell culture is a test in which the suspected Chlamydia sample is grown in a vial of cells. The pathogen ...

  8. Seroconversion - Wikipedia

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    An individual with a chronic infection would test positive for HBsAg and total anti-HBc (IgM and IgG), but negative for IgM anti-HBc and anti-HBs. An individual who has successfully resolved their HBV infection will test negative for HBsAg, positive for anti-HBc, and may test negative or positive for anti-HBs, although most will test positive ...

  9. FDA authorizes first home test for chlamydia and gonorrhea - AOL

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    The US Food and Drug Administration has greenlit the first test for chlamydia and gonorrhea that will allow users to collect samples at home. After HIV, this is the first FDA-authorized test that ...