Background: Current guidelines for screening of colorectal cancer do not offer specific recommendations for cessation of antithrombotic agents prior to fecal occult blood test (FOBT). Aim ...

Fecal occult blood testing (FOBT) has been proposed as an alternative to colonoscopic screening for the detection of colorectal cancer, but requires multiple stool samples because occult bleeding ...

Acute, bacterial diarrhea can be severe and, in some cases, life-threatening. The standard method with which to diagnose acute, infectious diarrhea is bacteriological culture; however, this ...

It is superior to fecal occult blood testing in colorectal cancer screening. Since it is effective, easy to handle and bears rather low costs, fecal Tumor M2-PK testing is recommended for large ...