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Anesthesiologist but you can be put to sleep. i want to talk about cologuard. in between those colonoscopies, whether every five years or ten years or three years, if we find polyps, its every three years, in between we do something called fecal blood. we look for blood in your stool. >> thats the little tab thing the doctor gives you that you leave on the shelf and never actually do. >> you should do it because you can bring it in to your next doctors visit, you can mail it into the lab, we can...

Blood mixed in the stool is very -- >> you know, something the prep isnt that bad. they have some orange drink that wasnt bad at all. >> eric -- >> i believe you. >> weve gotten away from using something because of complications. theyre using go lightly or new lightly which you have to drink the phospha soda. i do want to take a slightly different view than david. i dont think were ready to say cologuard. i love the premise of this. we almost have no other situation where we literally can look a...

Getting to the point where were seeing the abnormal dna that tumors make. colon cancer makes a specific signature of abnormal dna. we can find it on this stool test. >> can i go now, ask my doctor, get colo guard? >> if he has access to it, knows a pharmacy that has it, it is absolutely on the market. >> but i get it from you, you take it home and use it at home? >> yes. but let me just make a comment. this is not to replace standard of care which is colonoscopy and you are encouraged to go for ...

Getting to the point where were seeing the abnormal dna that tumors make. colon cancer makes a specific signature of abnormal dna. we can find it on this stool test. >> can i go now, ask my doctor, get colo guard? >> if he has access to it, knows a pharmacy that has it, it is absolutely on the market. >> but i get it from you, you take it home and use it at home? >> yes. but let me just make a comment. this is not to replace standard of care which is colonoscopy and you are encouraged to go for ...

I cant stress it enough, get a colonoscopy. people say they dont want to do it, but it is so important. its such an avoidable disease. >> yes, 140,000 americans diagnosed with colon cancer every year, 50,000 die from this. youre right. its the second leading cause of cancer deaths. this new dna-based colon screening test that just is coming in under approval by fda is extremely important. exact science corp is the name. a lot of people always ask -- the actual test will be called colo-guard. its...

Dr. samadi, how important in this? i cant stress it enough, get a colonoscopy. it is so important. its such an avoidable disease. >> yes, 140,000 americans diagnosed with colon cancer every year, 50,000 die from this. youre right. its the second leading cause of cancer deaths. this new dna-based colon screening test that just is coming in under approval by fda is extremely important. exact science corp is the name. a lot of people always ask -- the actual test will be called colo-guard. its base...

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