A new study found fecal immunochemical testing is more effective than guaiac fecal occult blood testing and is often performed at a lower cost, according to findings published by the Journal of the ...

In this study, the performance characteristics of the immunochemical test were superior to those of the Hemoccult II guaiac-based test. Note, however, that Hemoccult II is less sensitive than the ...

In this era of skyrocketing health-care costs, how many serial stool guaiac tests would a patient have to have in order to obtain results equivalent to screening colonoscopy for colorectal cancer?

October 9, 2008 — Stool DNA testing is a new approach to screening for colorectal cancer, but it is an evolving technology. A study has found that the first-generation stool DNA test (SDT-1) is not ...

AN EVALUATION of the importance of routine stool testing in the internist's office for occult blood was made by reviewing 1600 consecutive office records of new patients. Stool specimens brought to ...

Although European controlled trials of screening with a nonrehydrated guaiac-based fecal occult blood test (gFOBT) have shown it reduces colorectal cancer (CRC) deaths, real-world results could differ ...

TESTS for blood in the stool vary in sensitivity; it is generally agreed that the unmodified benzidine test gives a positive reaction if the patient has eaten meat, but the guaiac test is not ...

The positive predictive value for colorectal cancer of second round fecal immunochemical testing is half that of first round testing, according to a study reported in Oncology Report. The findings, ...

“Although several colorectal cancer screening methods have been shown to reduce colorectal cancer, nearly one-third of eligible adults in the United States have never completed colorectal cancer ...

Colon cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer-related death following lung cancer[1], but it is one of the most preventable cancers — if you get screened. A colon cancer screening allows your ...