You may not need the colonoscopy if you keep getting negative fecal tests.
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2 posted on
02/03/2023 3:01:10 PM PST by
ConservativeMind
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To: ConservativeMind
Proctologists are not going to be too happy. Colonoscopies are a cash cow.
To: ConservativeMind
Negative fecal tests tied to low risk for advanced colorectal cancer (Multiple negative FIT tests seem accurate)Isn't that the stupidist headline ever written? This "well duh" moment brought to you by Medical Xpress © dot com and by Science X Network.
4 posted on
02/03/2023 3:20:51 PM PST by
higgmeister
(In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
To: ConservativeMind
Does a negative fecal test mean no pre-cancerous polyps? If not, that’s why I’d prefer the scope. I had two removed five years ago and was clean last November. Next one not due for seven years now.
To: ConservativeMind
“fecal immunochemical tests (FIT)”
Would that be like the Cologuard test?
9 posted on
02/03/2023 4:45:11 PM PST by
MayflowerMadam
(Stupid is supposed to hurt.)
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