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What is a colon cancer detection test?
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Colonoscopy: Colonoscopy is the best screening tool for colon cancer, it gives the option of diagnosing and sometimes treating( by removing the polyps).
Answered 8/4/2015
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Recent ACG guide: ACG rec, CRC screen in 3 Teirs. .The first-tier tests are colonoscopy every 10 years & annual fecal immunochemical test (FIT), recommended as the cornerstones of screening .The second-tier tests include CT colonography every 5 years, FIT-fecal DNA test every 3 years, and flex. sig. every 5 to 10 yrs.Capsule colonoscopy every 5 years is a third-tie. Screening should start at age 45 -(MSTF) ACG
Answered 4/6/2019
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