If the FDA approved it you can bet it doesn’t work and you will be dead in a year after getting a negative report!!
I got 5 (count them five) invitations to do colonrectal swab. My primary physician badgered me so I got one at the clinic. Then I started getting offers in texts and in the mail. Finally my insurance sent me a kit. I call this an obsession or fetish.
I have a personal experience to relate that can put this in context. In early2015 I was diagnosed with stage II colon cancer.The diagnosis resulted from, initially, a blood test that indicated I had a dangerously low hemoglobin level. My doctor ordered a stool test which turned out positive for blood. Then I had a colonoscopy that established the existence of the cancer, which was successfully operated on about two weeks later. Right now I have two thirds of a colon, no indication of cancer, and am still able to use my God-given disposal facilities.
All of that says this new blood test could be really something, something very good, like a PSA test. I wish the best of luck to anyone who’s invested in this particular company.
I tried the Cologuard Test a few years ago and I found that it had at lest a 15% error rate. I discussed this with Gastro doctor since I was due for a Colonoscopy and we both decided it was better to go on don that rather rely on the Colonguard test.
I am skeptical a simple blood test can do the job of detecting polyps in the colon. I personally would not want to rely on that.
Oh come on. Pooping in a box is so much more fun.
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I had a stool test for colorectal cancer in 1996. The results were ambiguous, as were all other tests. My Oncologist was convinced that there was a tumor, and sure enough about cancer that he referred me to a surgeon for emergency surgery.
The surgeon was convinced about the cancer diagnosis, and scheduled surgery for 5 days later, putting off a non-urgent surgery. It turned out to be cancer, perhaps only recently breaking out of the tumor, as all testing was ambiguous.
“The maker of the test, Palo Alto, California-based biotechnology company...............”
Did Elizabeth Holmes (Theranos) get out of Prison already?
About time!
The average person has a 4% life time risk.
For those with no risk factors - alcohol, smoking, obesity, poor diet, family history - life time risk is just 2%.
If you get a colonoscopy after age 70, your risk factor for colon injury is 1%.
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