Researchers say new test is a more comfortable way to detect cancerous cell
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from:msnbc.comNew colon cancer test works without colonoscopy
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Man i will miss that tube,, be blown up like a raft for floating the river whatta feeling!!!
$300 to $400 for a stool test?????
Insurance had better cover it.
A lot cheaper than a colonoscopy. My insurance does not cover the colonoscopy as it is an elective procedure, but then they will cover me if i get cancer. Makes no sense whatsoever. But then insurance and the cost of it makes no sense. I can never reach my deductable on any year, but don't dare not have insurance, just in case something bad happens. So for a mear $11,040 per year, my wife and I can say we have insurance that covers nothing for us healthy people. I was waiting for something big with Obamacare, but instead my rates just increased.
actually Charts: my insurance went down until the new health care program started; now it
is UP UP UP UP>
Sounds better than a colonoscopy! However, if it only identifies 64% of cancers and up to about 85% of pre-cancers, I don't know how far one could trust it. If you are left with about a 1/3 chance of not being identified as having cancer and 15% of having pre-cancer, those aren't the best odds. It sounds as if it needs more work to improve the stats.
Its about darn time they find a better to test for colon cancer. I will pay 1000 dollars then to have 10 people jam a tube up my butt. Its true , there are at least 10 people in the room mostly interns,...lights,camera,action.
This sounds promising. But we have to remember that raw statistics don't always tell the real story. For instance, DWI automobile caused deaths don't breakdown the time of day. In those deaths, the times of the day they occur are almost always between 11pm and 3am. Avoiding those times of day result in a slim chance of those deaths to occur. In the colon cancer deaths what is the age breakdown? I don't know, but I bet the ages are highest above age 40 and probably peak around 50. If so, this would suggest a slow, cumulative diet related problem. JM
It warms my little heart that there is a new test that will put $1 billion dollars into someone's pocket!
They should get the "My S--t Don't Stink" award.
$300-$400 dollars per test!?!? Give me a good ol' colonoscopy. At least I can sleep through it and my insurance covers it. Besides, a colonoscopy will detect a much higher percentage of colon cancers.
The article is about an alternative and possibly a complementary test to colonoscopy and detecting 87% of resectable cancers (Stages I through III), not precancerous lesions. It picks up 64% of the biggest PRECANCEROUS lesions. It is an important advance if it is truly effective, even at an 87% level. It would suggest that the addition of more dna tests might even be more effective. A lot of people, especially those with colon cancer in several family members might benefit from both C-scopes and this testing.
The expense is concerning, but it might go down if the test is used frequently. It is still safer and more convenient than a C-scope and could be used along with a C-scope in certain circumstances.
The expense of this type of testing is going up every day. Is it worth it? Will a lot of people want it for themselves but not want to pay for it for others through their taxes or insurance premiums? I'm sure there will be comments to that effect.
Why criticize free enterprize when it comes to diagnostic testing for a cancer that is very frequently deadly and assymptomatic until it is far advanced? I don't think anyone is going to come around, hold us down and make us take this test.
My best friend died at the age of 48 of colon cancer. REPUBLICAN POLITICS KILLED HER !!!!! If she had been lucky enough to have been born in France, she would still be alive !!
She was a horse breeder and her husband was a mason. THEY BOTH WORKED HARD !! Following his wife death, he lost their beautiful property and horses. This would have never happened if that had been lucky enough to be born in a SOCIALIST DEMOCRACY !!!!!
They lost their health insurance because of a bad business deal. He was unpaid for a 15 000 dollar job he did !
So if you think you are safe, think, again !!
Now, now, channel your anger. You are the first French Troll I have met and may be an endangered specie, but I doubt it. Let's see, you are angry because your friend died, which is a real tragedy and I empathize with you, having lost several friends to cancer. However, how is this the fault of doctors, the pharmaceutical consortium or the Republicans? What about the people that did not pay her? What about the bad business deal? A lot of clinics in the U.S. do C-scopes for not much more than $400.00 and these are American trained M.D.s, not "scope monkeys".
You have a right to grieve. Your anger is misguided, and off topic. I checked out several other sites where you posted angry things. I am truly sorry for you loss of a friend but try not to lash out at everyone because you are angry. It hurts you more than it does the faceless crowd.
GO OVERSEAS !! A colonoscopy is around 400 dollars in France !
YOUR DOCTORS AND INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE RIPPING YOU, OFF !!!
As a caregiver for my husband who has Lynch Syndrome what about the other 36% of the population that it doesn't find the cancer. We would rather be sure than uncertain with these results.
folks the absolute worst part of a colonoscopy is the prep. no kidding