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 ...

Although the tests were never assessed prospectively in neonates, some clinicians postulated that routine screening for occult blood in stools could be useful if the test led to the preclinical ...

Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a symptom of a disease, condition, or injury affecting any part of the gastrointestinal tract. The GI tract includes the esophagus, ...

The initiative offers free faecal occult blood tests (FOBT) to individuals over the age of 50. Prevention and early diagnosis ...