occult blood

Positive results in an occult blood test could result from a number of conditions other than cancer.

This can be confirmed with a fecal occult blood test.

I am going to do yearly fecal occult blood tests.

Fortunately, simple tests can detect occult blood in the stool.

Tests for fecal occult blood are the most widely used, though the least accurate.

A controlled trial of fecal occult blood testing in 27,700 subjects.

I've had a fecal occult blood test every year, and now I'm going to have a sigmoidoscopy.

They were created through an occult blood ritual performed by their powerful witch mother, Esther.

An estimated 1-5% of large tested populations have a positive fecal occult blood test.

Occult blood tests detect the presence of hemoglobin in stool.

The results of fecal occult blood testing may appear to be abnormal even though no cancer is present.

The fecal occult blood test requires the collection of 3 small stool samples.

Whether this approach offers advantages over faecal occult blood testing remains to be established.

How does a fecal occult blood test show colon polyps or cancer?

Occult blood loss may be into the chest, abdomen, pelvis or from the long bones.

And how many people are alive and well because results from occult blood tests prompted them to seek treatment?

Colorectal health testing - Yearly fecal occult blood test beginning at age 50.

Fecal occult blood testing: A test for blood in the stool.

A positive fecal occult blood test means that blood has been found in the stool.

Coverage is provided for an annual occult blood test and for sigmoidoscopy every four years.

A test for occult blood will be helpful in determining a possible intraluminal lesion.

Fecal occult blood testing is positive when bleeding is active.

Fecal occult blood testing is supported by three randomized controlled trials.

This test is usually done every 5 years and can be used in combination with the yearly fecal occult blood test.

The screening test for fecal occult blood, developed in the late 1960's, is familiar to many Americans who have routine health checkups.