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To Colonoscopy or FIT

Liz James · March 8, 2023 ·

I’ve been involved in several client, family, and friend discussions over the last couple weeks on colonoscopies. 🤓 This is another procedure we are expected to partake in as we age. While there is a time and a place for Western Medicine (and colonoscopies), I offer up this information:
There are a growing number of studies whose outcome suggests that having fecal immunological testing was AS EFFECTIVE as a colonoscopy (and without the risks) in people who are considered low risk (people with no prior history of colorectal cancer, no dark stools 💩 or rectal bleeding etc). Here’s a quote from one of the studies :
” The most relevant result of this interim analysis is that one-time screening with FIT was very similar to one-time colonoscopy with respect to the rate of detection of colorectal cancer, and there was no significant difference in the stage of tumors detected by the two strategies. ” Certainly, the colonoscopy will catch adenomas (which are benign fatty deposits), but again, this isn’t without risk.
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1108895
Cologuard is a prescribed product, so you’ll need your doctor’s support in this approach. In my professional opinion, it is worth investigating.
https://www.cologuardhcp.com/resources…
Colonoscopy versus Fecal Immunochemical Testing in Colorectal-Cancer Screening | NEJM
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Colonoscopy versus Fecal Immunochemical Testing in Colorectal-Cancer Screening | NEJM
Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine — Colonoscopy versus Fecal Immunochemical Testing in Colorectal-Cancer Screening

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