Cologuard Test for Colon Cancer
June 3, 2014 | Terry Sharrer
Exact Sciences, Inc. (Madison, WS) has developed a DNA fecal test for detecting stage I-III cancers that is considerable more accurate (92%) than the fecal immunochemical test (74%) now used as an alternative to colonscopy. Still, for identifying precancerous plops, the colonscopy is preferred and has accounted for a dramatic decline in colorectal mortality in a single decade. MORE
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