Re: Home test kit for colon polyps-anyone tried one?

[Guest guest]

I don't know Phil's always came back negative for blood even after he

was diagnosed.

Narice

In a message dated 10/18/2005 6:03:43 AM Eastern Standard Time,

chrischristoph@... writes:

I have been reading several articles regarding proposed mass screening of UK

citizens for

colon cancer using a fecal occult home test kit.

Further to that I have ordered one online at

http://www.homehealth-uk.com/index.html?f=body|fr=http://www.homehealth-uk.com

/

medical/boweltest.htm|r

Does anyone have any comments or experience of these kits?

I realize that a colonoscopy is the gold standard, but would this test in a

way be a good first

step to getting the general public more aware?

in Spain

[Guest guest]

So did Joe's

Deb

flipper759@... wrote:

I don't know Phil's always came back negative for blood even after he

was diagnosed.

Narice

In a message dated 10/18/2005 6:03:43 AM Eastern Standard Time,

chrischristoph@... writes:

I have been reading several articles regarding proposed mass screening of UK

citizens for

colon cancer using a fecal occult home test kit.

Further to that I have ordered one online at

http://www.homehealth-uk.com/index.html?f=body|fr=http://www.homehealth-uk.com

/

medical/boweltest.htm|r

Does anyone have any comments or experience of these kits?

I realize that a colonoscopy is the gold standard, but would this test in a

way be a good first

step to getting the general public more aware?

in Spain

[Guest guest]

The fecal occults have extremely high false positives and false negatives and

can at best pick up something like 18% of colon cancers. And they cannot

discriminate between the 1000 other things that can cause bleeding.

We don't recommend that they be used for screening. Used as a general health

test, sure. Bleeding is an indication that something is wrong. And should be

attended to.

For a short discussion on them:

http://www.colorectal-cancer.net/prevention.htm#FOBT1

Priscilla A. Savary

Executive Director

Colorectal Cancer Network

PO Box 182, Kensington MD 20895

psavary@...

www.colorectal-cancer.net

_________

Screening for All. Colon Cancer for None.

ProjectMARCH -- rarely in life do you get a chance to make major change or save

thousands of lives. March 6, 2006 you can.

http://www.colorectal-cancer.net/projectmarch.htm

Re: Home test kit for colon polyps-anyone

tried one?

So did Joe's

Deb

flipper759@... wrote:

I don't know Phil's always came back negative for blood even after he

was diagnosed.

Narice

In a message dated 10/18/2005 6:03:43 AM Eastern Standard Time,

chrischristoph@... writes:

I have been reading several articles regarding proposed mass screening of UK

citizens for

colon cancer using a fecal occult home test kit.

Further to that I have ordered one online at

http://www.homehealth-uk.com/index.html?f=body|fr=http://www.homehealth-uk.com

/

medical/boweltest.htm|r

Does anyone have any comments or experience of these kits?

I realize that a colonoscopy is the gold standard, but would this test in a

way be a good first

step to getting the general public more aware?

in Spain

[Guest guest]

I did them in the past and they never showed anything.. So I don't

really have any faith in them anymore... Jolene

[Guest guest]

These were promoted as a 'test for colon cancer' in

the US several years ago. All the test actually

determines is a presence of blood in the stool. This

can be a sign of colon poylps or cancer BUT there are

also a myriad of other conditions that also produce

blood in the stool and, often, colon poylps do not

produce bleeding. The most common condition causing

rectal bleeding is hemorrhoids, followed very closly

by stomach or intestinal ulcers. Needless to say, a

lot of people became scared to death thinking they had

cancer when they did not, and worse, many avoided

having a colonoscopy because they thought they were

okay until it was too late.

Bottom line, occult blood kits have their place but

not as a sole determinent of colon poylps/cancer.

Colonoscopy isn't just the 'gold standard', it's the

ONLY test currently available to view the entire colon

and locate poylps/tumors early. Even colonoscopy

misses a small percentage in the early stage, but it's

still the best we have.

H

--- chrischristoph wrote:

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>

> I have been reading several articles regarding

> proposed mass screening of UK citizens for

> colon cancer using a faecal occult home test kit.

>

> Further to that I have ordered one online at

>

>

http://www.homehealth-uk.com/index.html?f=body|fr=http://www.homehealth-uk.com/

> medical/boweltest.htm|r

>

> Does anyone have any comments or experience of these

> kits?

>

> I realise that a colonoscopy is the gold standard,

> but would this test in a way be a good first

> step to getting the general public more aware?

>

> in Spain

>

>

>

>

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