A new test could help to catch bowel cancer, which commonly causes abdominal pain and bloating Murat Deniz/Getty Images
A new bowel cancer screening test that can be done at home is 94 per cent accurate when compared with colonoscopies and has been submitted to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approval.
“You just poop into a cup and then close the lid and ship it at ambient temperature to us,” says Erica Barnell, co-founder of US company Geneoscopy, which developed the test.
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