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		Faecal occult blood testing is a chemical test that can detect tiny traces of blood in the stool — such small traces that they can’t be seen with the naked eye.
		Blood in your stool indicates there is bleeding somewhere in your digestive tract.
		With some bowel diseases, blood may not be present in the stool every day, so you may need to test your stools on a few different days.
	www.mydr.com.au /printerfriendly.asp?article=4111 (462 words)

	MJA: Screening for colorectal cancer, 1996
		Pilot studies of faecal occult blood testing are required to find ways of achieving optimal compliance and cost efficiency in the Australian health care setting.
		Faecal occult blood testing The best chance of cure in colorectal cancer is surgical treatment when the disease is localised to the bowel wall (Australian Clinicopathological Staging System A [ACPS A]) or at least does not involve lymph nodes if it has penetrated through the muscle wall (ACPS B).
		Although the scientific basis for implementing faecal occult blood screening for those aged 50-75 years of age is compelling, the best way to do this in Australia is uncertain.
	www.mja.com.au /public/issues/jul15/macrae/macrae.html (2910 words)

	Faecal Occult Blood - M e d i C h e c k s . c o m
		Faecal Occult Blood - M e d i C h e c k s.
		Occult blood in the faeces (invisible to the naked eye) can be detected by chemical tests.
		The blood may be present from any disorder affecting the gastro-intestinal tract or caused by the taking of drugs that irritate the lining.
	www.medichecks.com /test.cfm?test=FOB (61 words)

	Faecal calprotectin and faecal occult blood tests in the diagnosis of colorectal carcinoma and adenoma -- Tibble et al. ...
		Faecal calprotectin and faecal occult blood tests in the diagnosis of colorectal carcinoma and adenoma -- Tibble et al.
		Faecal calprotectin and occult blood were assessed in 62 patients with colorectal carcinoma and 233 patients referred for
		the median faecal calprotectin was 12 mg/l (95% CI 2.9-32).
	gut.bmjjournals.com /cgi/content/full/49/3/402 (4458 words)

	Faecal Occult Blood: The Test (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The main use for the FOB test is as a screen for early bowel cancer.
		Another use of the FOB test is to look for a cause of anaemia, such as might be caused by a bleeding ulcer.
		Faecal occult blood tests are usually done as part of a routine examination, possibly annually after age 50, or as directed by your doctor.
	www.labtestsonline.org.uk /understanding/analytes/fobt/test.html (429 words)

	Anaemia: in elderly patients increased the risk of death.
		Anaema: guaiac occult blood test and faecal alpha 1-antitrypsin were not very helpful in diagnosing GI bleeding.
		Diagnostic test: three faecal samples were provided and analysed with guaiac faecal occult blood test and faecal a 1-antitrypsin (measured by radial immunodiffusion).
		Since the authors included patients with a wide variety of presenting complaints, it is possible that the high sensitivity of these tests in one group was masked by the low sensitivity in another group.
	www.eboncall.org /CATs/1887.htm (306 words)

	News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Royal Melbourne Hospital's Professor Finlay Macrae said checking for blood in the faeces of those at risk was the safest and most economical way of keeping the disease at bay.
		Faecal occult blood testing allows early detection of cancer and detection and removal of its precursor, the adenomatous polyp.
		Colonoscopy, in which a tissue sample is removed from inside the anus, has a higher level of sensitivity than occult blood tests, but Prof Macrae said it carried risks including the remote possibility of bowel perforation and death.
	www.ccac-accc.ca /news.asp?frontpage=192 (228 words)

	Occult gastrointestinal bleeding refers to the bleeding... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Nonetheless, occult blood is commonly detected in the stool using a variety of faecal occult blood tests that detect blood from various lesions in the gastrointestinal tract, primarily including the colonic cancers
		Intra-luminal haemoglobin degrad-ation and faecal occult blood tests In the upper gastro-intestinal tract, haemoglobin is cleaved to form haeme and globin by gastric pepsin, proteases, pancreatic proteases, or both types of proteases in the proximal small intestine.
		Evaluation of the small intestine is unnecessary in most patients with positive faecal occult blood test or iron deficiency anaemia who have negative evaluation of the colon and upper gastro-intestinal tract.
	www.indegene.com /Gas/FeatArt/indGasFeat10.html (2155 words)

	The Health Report: 2 August 2004 - Screening for Bowel Cancer
		Norman Swan: Now I can’t remember the results of the randomised trials in faecal occult blood testing, but in mammography trials they’ve shown maybe a 30% reduction in the chances of dying of breast cancer as a result of screening, although the real world situation might be a little bit less than that.
		The ideal situation though is that people are found long before they have symptoms, and for that to happen you need those with a strong family history of colon cancer to identify themselves to their GP and for the rest of the population, say over 50, to have faecal occult blood screening.
		You can’t say to someone, ‘You’ve got a positive occult blood test, you need to have a colonoscopy, but sorry, you have to wait six months.’ We’ve said in the pilot that if you have a positive test, colonoscopy must be made available within four weeks.
	www.abc.net.au /rn/talks/8.30/helthrpt/stories/s1164471.htm (4732 words)

	Occult Blood Testing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Although fecal occult blood testing may be used to screen for colorectal cancer, it is never used to diagnose this disease.
		Fecal occult blood testing is recommended yearly from 40 years of age.
		Occult blood in stool may be a sign of cancer or polyps (growths) in the colon or rectum because >>
	www.dnalabtesting.com /bloodtesting/occultbloodtesting (1409 words)

	Occult Blood Test
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	occultbloodtest.martoccult.com (1370 words)

	April 2002 A.indd
		Methods: The present study examined the effectiveness and financial implications of a qualitative guaiac-based method (Haemoccult) of faecal occult blood detection and a quantitative measure of haemederived porphyrins (Hemoquant) in 184 patients who underwent assessment of faecal blood loss by both methods over a three year period during assessment of iron deficiency anaemia.
		The present study aimed to assess the ability of a guaiacbased faecal occult blood test, Haemoccult, and a quantitative porphyrin test, Hemoquant, to detect significant gastrointestinal pathology in patients with iron deficiency anaemia.
		Using data from the present study, estimated costs of investigation strategies based on faecal occult blood results of 100 theoretical patients with suspected gastrointestinal blood loss are shown in Table 3.
	www.rcsed.ac.uk /journal/vol47_2/4720007.html (1832 words)

	Occult Blood Stool
		This measure assesses the percent of patients with diabetes mellitus with blood pressure greater than or equal to 160/100 or for whom no blood pressure was recorded in the past year.
		Blood and stool samples as well as patients' personal information have been stolen from a Chicago clinic.
		Blood lead toxicity screening: percentage of enrolled children who had a blood lead screening performed with a date of service between ages 6 and 16 months (MEDDIC-MS).
	occultbloodstool.martoccult.com (1393 words)

	Faecal Occult Blood Test - Patient UK
		The faecal occult blood test (FOB test) detects small amounts of blood in your faeces which you would not normally see or be aware of.
		Sometimes two or three FOB tests are done on two or three separate samples of faeces, obtained on different days.
		An FOB test is often positive if you have early bowel cancer, before it causes symptoms.
	www.patient.co.uk /showdoc/27000442 (578 words)

	Occult Blood, Stool
		When occult GI bleeding is suspected, at least three samples, from separate bowel movements, should be submitted.
		Drugs shown to be associated with gastrointestinal blood loss in normal subjects include salicylates (aspirin), steroids, rauwolfia derivatives, all nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and colchicine.
		Methods for guaiac tests of stool for occult blood utilize peroxidation of a chromogen by stool peroxidases.
	www.labcorp.com /datasets/labcorp/html/chapter/mono/mb010300.htm (970 words)

	Do those with positive faecal occult blood tests need upper gastrointestinal investigations if no colorectal cancer ...
		Occult bleeding is a common cause of iron deficiency
		Randomised controlled trial of faecal occult blood screening for colorectal cancer.
		Randomised study of screening for colorectal cancer with faecal occult blood test.
	gut.bmjjournals.com /cgi/content/full/51/4/466 (1002 words)

	Controlled prospective study of faecal occult blood screening for colorectal cancer in Bury, black pudding capital of ...
		Controlled prospective study of faecal occult blood screening for colorectal cancer in Bury, fl pudding capital of the world -- Fludger et al.
		Haemoccult is the faecal occult blood test most widely used in screening trials.
		The effect of faecal occult blood screening on the incidence of colorectal cancer.
	bmj.bmjjournals.com /cgi/content/full/325/7378/1444 (744 words)

	An industry based approach to colorectal cancer screening in an asymptomatic population -- Hart et al. 79 (937): 646 -- ...
		Randomised study of screening for colorectal cancer with faecal occult blood.
		Faecal occult blood testing for colorectal cancer in general practice.
		Screening for colorectal cancer: reasons for refusal of faecal occult blood testing in a general practice in England.
	pmj.bmjjournals.com /cgi/content/full/79/937/646 (2288 words)

	IngentaConnect A quantitative immunochemical faecal occult blood test is more ef... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Total colonoscopy was performed on 151 subjects who prepared both guaiac and immunochemical faecal tests (group 1) and the positive predictive values (PPV) were also compared to those of 162 subjects undergoing colonoscopy for positive guaiac faecal occult blood tests (group 2).
		The number of colonoscopy examinations needed to detect a significant neoplasm because of positive faecal occult blood tests was six to eight with HOS and two with OC-MICRO at 21–31% the cost of evaluating a positive guaiac faecal occult blood test.
		An immunochemical faecal test maintains the high sensitivity of guaiac faecal occult blood test, but significantly reduces the colonoscopy burden and screening costs.
	www.ingentaconnect.com /content/bsc/apt/2006/00000023/00000009/art00010 (337 words)

	Faecal occult blood screening reduced the incidence of colorectal cancer -- Rich and Sandler 6 (3): 89 -- ...
		Faecal occult blood screening reduced the incidence of colorectal cancer -- Rich and Sandler 6 (3): 89 -- Evidence-Based Medicine
		Faecal occult blood screening reduced the incidence of colorectal cancer
		Colorectal cancer mortality: effectiveness of biennial screening for fecal occult blood.
	ebm.bmjjournals.com /cgi/content/full/6/3/89 (635 words)

	Blood Cancer Colorectal Fecal Occult Testing
		Stool blood test (fecal occult blood test--FOBT): This is then sent to a lab for testing.
		Fecal occult blood testing will not be positive in care provider about colorectal cancer and screening with fecal occult blood testing.
		Fecal occult blood is a term for blood present in the feces that is not visibly apparent.
	www.isost.com /is/Colorectal/Blood_Cancer_Colorectal_Fecal_Occult_Testing (1143 words)

	Screening for colorectal cancer using the faecal occult blood test, Hemoccult (Cochrane Review)
		The human and financial costs of this disease have prompted considerable research efforts to evaluate the ability of screening tests to detect the cancer at an early curable stage.
		Tests which have been considered for screening include faecal occult blood tests, sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy.
		Objectives: To determine whether screening for colorectal cancer using the faecal occult blood test, Hemoccult reduces colorectal cancer mortality and to consider the benefits and harms of screening.
	www.update-software.com /abstracts/ab001216.htm (407 words)

	Medical Media Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The efficacy of faecal occult blood tests (FOBTs) in reducing bowel cancer mortality has been demonstrated by three major international studies.
		Most bowel cancers develop slowly and make their presence known early by leaking tiny invisible amounts of blood into the bowel, the blood is then passed in the faeces.
		FOBTs may be used to detect this blood and research shows annual screening with these tests reduces bowel cancer risk by a third.
	www.enterix.com /Medical_AGW.htm (777 words)

	fecal occult blood tests (screening for colorectal cancer) - General Practice Notebook
		Two other trials (2,3) have also provided evidence that faecal occult blood testing every two years has the potential to reduce mortality by up to 20%.
		A further trial by Mendel et al (4) has shown that both annual and biennial faecal occult blood screening reduced the incidence of colorectal cancer.
		This trial also showed, for the first time, that faecal occult blood screening can decrease both the rate of cancer and the mortality rate.
	www.gpnotebook.co.uk /simplepage.cfm?ID=-2019950513 (1064 words)

	Molecular stool screening for colorectal cancer -- Ahlquist 321 (7256): 254 -- BMJ
		Faecal occult blood testing, used to screen for colorectal cancer for nearly three decades, continues to be the most widely
		occult blood is an inherently insensitive and non-specific marker.
		DNA is an intriguing alternative marker in the stool for reasons that are, theoretically, compelling.
	bmj.bmjjournals.com /cgi/content/full/321/7256/254 (1109 words)

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		The Chair of the local "End to Endoscopy" Campaign, accesses the Cancer BACUP site to read that: "Two major European trials have been completed recently, showing that population based screening based on testing of faeces for the presence of occult blood is effective in reducing mortality from colorectal cancer".
		A systematic review of the effects of screening for colorectal cancer using the faecal occult blood test, Hemoccult.
		A comprehensive search of the health literature was conducted for all controlled trials of screening for colorectal cancer using faecal occult blood tests.
	www.shef.ac.uk /seek/sheafs/sheafs7aug.htm (850 words)

	Tests for bowel cancer
		The stool test is sometimes called the 'faecal occult blood test' or FOB for short.
		So the FOB test is for blood hidden in the stool.
		So you could get a false negative (no blood in your stool sample) when there is a cancer in the bowel.
	www.cancerhelp.org.uk /help/default.asp?page=2817 (1045 words)

	Faecal Occult Blood\| Doctor Myhill
		It can be used as a crude screening test for bowel cancer, but any cause of blood loss will give a positive test such as piles, sometimes ulcer disease, inflammatory bowel disease such as Crohn's or ulcerative colitis.
		The kit for this test includes a collection tube, instructions, packaging materials for transporting the sample in the post, a request form and a pre-paid envelope for sending the sample to the laboratory.
		Do not take more than 1 gram of Vitamin C. To complete the test: collect the sample of stool using the spoon attached to the lid of the sample container (only a small quantity of sample is necessary for testing), make sure that your name and date of birth are clearly marked on the tube.
	www.drmyhill.co.uk /test.cfm?id=24 (443 words)

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