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FOBT
(redirected from Fecal Occult Blood Test)

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FOBTFecal Occult Blood Test(ing)
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With its improved operability and promptness, the FOBITWAKO helps smoothly conduct fecal occult blood tests for hemorrhagic digestive diseases at large-scale hospitals.
To screen for colon and rectal cancer, the American Cancer Society recommends that men and women ages 50 and older undergo either a fecal occult blood test yearly and a flexible sigmoidoscopy every five years; or a colonoscopy or double-contrast barium enema every five to 10 years.
Studies show that a fecal occult blood test every 1 or 2 years in people between the ages of 50 and 80 decreases the number of deaths due to colorectal cancer.
 
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