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Can a stool cancer screening show polps?
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Yes if they bleed: Most of the time polyps will not bleed so stool test will be negative , screening colonoscopy will show
Answered 6/28/2020
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The guaiac test: For blood in stool is not specific, and a polyp could be the cause, but occult blood is an indication for endoscopy to find tha cause of the occult bleeding: polyp, hemorrhoid, divertic, cancer, ulcer, etc.
Answered 9/19/2012
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