What to know about the FDA-approved blood test for colon cancer detection

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The FDA has approved a new blood test for detecting colon cancer. The approval comes after a clinical study found the test could correctly detect colon cancer in 83% of participants who were not experiencing symptoms. CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook has the details.
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@chealey9292 2 ай бұрын

With increasing colorectal cancer rates in younger adults, I hope they expand approval to us soon.

@Dafna-ke2wr 2 ай бұрын

For the younger generations this has to be done by someone stepping up asking for this for younger people

@GreenWitch1 2 ай бұрын

My friend was just diagnosed with colon cancer after a colonoscopy 😢 We should all get over the ick of it & get it done!!

@CarlYoungII 2 ай бұрын

I had bloody stools in my younger years and finally in 2021 at the age of only 31 I had a colonoscopy. Since I wasn't the recommend age of 45 or older I had to pay $3000 for this. A polyp was found though it was benign. I have to get screened again in 10 years or perhaps a little less and I still won't be the recommended age at that point. The age needs to be lowered to 25. It will save many lives. By making ppl wait extra decades, it gives the polyps time to grow into a situation that we will not be able to handle. The FDA must change this asap!!!!

@luvzfrance24 2 ай бұрын

The same thing happened to me!

@viralnorn9173 2 ай бұрын

The problem is, I had a false positive with the cologard. Then my insurance company declared my colonoscopy not preventative, and I had to pay $500 out of pocket for the colonoscopy. They found nothing. I was ripped off.

@JJNow-gg9so 2 ай бұрын

It happens again and again. 😢 EVERYONE WANTS YOUR MONEY...

@user-fr3hy9uh6y 2 ай бұрын

With the high false positive rate, check your insurance. In my case, colonguard changed the copays from fully covered to, preventive, to $2,000 diagnostic. I should have just had the free colonosipy in the first place.

@rubincarter3904 2 ай бұрын

This is certainly progress.

@Vincent67337 2 ай бұрын

Warning: You insurance will deny coverage for colonoscopy if you ever get tested by this.

@jmb-cm7mr 2 ай бұрын

Not all will deny it. I have never been denied coverage for testing.

@eveningstreetsx8422 2 ай бұрын

Why only 45 and older?!

@juancena1117 2 ай бұрын

To save the governement money.

@gdiup9241 2 ай бұрын

@@juancena1117 to save the insurance companies $$, the government would only come in if someone is deemed poor & on medic care.

@hammer-r 2 ай бұрын

Well I hope it’s better than the off the shelf ones (cologard) that have both false positives and negatives. Until then it’s a colonoscopy every 5 years for me. I’d rather be a bit embarrassed than dead from cancer.

@LarryKelly 2 ай бұрын

I too got a false positive from a cologuard test, and I wish Dr. WHITEHAIR had give the statistics on detecting accuracy and false positives. My guess is he didn’t know them!

@Trina_White 2 ай бұрын

Canada mails tests out to Canadians for free

@documax123 2 ай бұрын

For a second there I thought he said another tool in the stoolchest.

@rubincarter3904 2 ай бұрын

LOL

@kenmore01 Ай бұрын

No, another stool in the tool chest.

@heathisul 2 ай бұрын

I’m stage 4 and have had multiple negative ctDNA tests. Get a colonoscopy.

@heidilady 2 ай бұрын

For adults who are mentally impaired, adults with dementia, etc this will be a life saver!

@TH-lr9jb Ай бұрын

So what’s the percent of accuracy with the cola guard?

@westonhuffman7908 2 ай бұрын

Well, I'd rather do a poop sample test.

@irvan36mm 2 ай бұрын

Either colonoscopy, blood test or poop in the box is better than no test. At least, a blood test could attract more interest from those not wanting to do a colonoscopy.