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  2. Over-50s in England offered home bowel-cancer tests - AOL

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    All 50-74-year-olds in England will now receive a home-testing kit for bowel cancer every two years. NHS England has been posting the faecal-immunochemical test (Fit) to all 54-74-year-olds since ...

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

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    A new study finds that home colon cancer screening tests may be as effective as a colonoscopy at preventing cancer death. 'WH' talked to experts to explain.

  4. Does Medicare cover a colonoscopy? Yes, and several other ...

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    A flexible sigmoidoscopy is a less invasive test than a colonoscopy that only looks at the lower part of the colon. It’s covered every 48 months (four years) if you are age 50 or older and at ...

  5. Colonoscopy - Wikipedia

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    The examination of the colon, to rule out a lesion contributing to blood loss, along with an upper gastrointestinal endoscopy (gastroscopy) to rule out oesophageal, stomach, and proximal duodenal sources of blood loss. Fecal occult blood is a quick test which can be done to test for microscopic traces of blood in the stool. A positive test is ...

  6. M2-PK Test - Wikipedia

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    The gold standard of early detection of colon polyp/cancer is the invasive colonoscopy, but with high expense about $557, while tumor marker M2-PK Test expense only about $15-$25. The invasive colonoscopy makes acceptance of it low among patients, so relatively cheap non-invasive M2-PK Test is a good choice for detection early polyp/cancer. [2]

  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).