Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Testing correctly identified 79% of patients with GI cancer as positive. Nearly all (96%) of healthy controls ...

A stool test is a diagnostic procedure that involves analyzing fecal matter, or poop, to check for signs of infection, inflammation, or disease. The specific analysis depends on a person’s symptoms ...

The FDA has cleared a multiplex polymerase chain reaction test designed to detect 11 clinically relevant gastrointestinal pathogens from a single stool sample.The Xpert GI Panel (Cepheid) can identify ...

October 9, 2008 — Stool DNA testing is a new approach to screening for colorectal cancer, but it is an evolving technology. A study has found that the first-generation stool DNA test (SDT-1) is not ...

Colorectal cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer deaths worldwide. Until now, colonoscopy has been the most reliable test, but many people avoid it because it is invasive, expensive, and ...