Pop some poop on a test kit at home to screen for colorectal cancer

Long waiting times and the discomfort of undergoing a colonoscopy to rule out colorectal cancer can be avoided with a faecal (or poo) test, for which the sample can be given in the comfort of your own toilet at home. — dpa

At-home poo tests could spare millions of people around the world from having to undergo invasive procedures to rule out cancer in the bowel, colon or rectum, new advice from health experts in the United Kingdom suggests.

New draft guidance from the UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) said faecal immunochemical tests (FIT) should be offered to patients with signs or symptoms of the disease, such as blood in their poo.