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Could you tell me how worried I should be should I have had 2 positive results from the 3 stool samples sent in for testing--re Colon Cancer--My GP seemed concerned.
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Dr. Robert Wascher
, MD
replied on July 20th, 2009
Colon Cancer Answer A6979
I assume that your stool has tested positive for occult blood.
Both benign and malignant diseases of the colon or rectum can cause positive fecal occult blood tests. Therefore, you will need to undergo a colonoscopy in order to rule-out colorectal cancer as a possible cause for these positive tests.
Sincerely/ Robert A. Wasxcher, MD, FACS
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