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Meanings of occult blood testing in English

Measurement of small amounts of blood in body products such as a urine or stool sample.

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Examples for "occult blood"
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The immunochemical technique is recommended for fecal occult blood detection in marathoners.
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Each subject completed a questionnaire and a fecal occult blood test.
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The rather asymptomatic patient was addressed to investigate a positive fecal occult blood test.
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The contribution of synchronous adenomas to occult blood loss for screening requires further investigation.
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Summary: Preliminary data on fecal DNA tests show better performance characteristics than fecal occult blood tests.
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Usage of occult blood testing in English
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Fecal occult blood testing is a popular screening test because of its simplicity, noninvasiveness, and demonstrated mortality benefit.
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For example, flexible sigmoidoscopy should be repeated every five years, or every 10 years if it's combined with fecal occult blood testing.
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Setting: A health maintenance organisation in western Washington State, which has offered its members faecal occult blood testing every two years since 1983.
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Up-to-date CRC screening was defined as self-reported colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy in the past 10 years or fecal occult blood testing in the past year.
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Rationale: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is preventable through screening, with colonoscopy and fecal occult blood testing comprising the two most commonly used screening tests.
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