FDA approves first non-invasive home based DNA screening test for colorectal cancer

Submitted by PatientsEngage on 12 September 2014

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Cologuard, the first stool-based colorectal screening test that detects the presence of red blood cells and DNA mutations that may indicate the presence of certain kinds of abnormal growths that may be cancers such as colon cancer or precursors to cancer. Cologuard offers people 50 and older at average risk for colorectal cancer an easy-to-use screening test they can do in the privacy of their own home.

Colorectal cancer was the third most common cancer with nearly 1.4 million new cases in 2012. 

http://www.fda.gov/newsevents/newsroom/pressannouncements/ucm409021.htm

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