Comments below say "too expensive"? What price do you put on finding cancers just as effectively as colonoscopy which can and does miss cancer as well? Colonoscopy costs much more and has a risk of harms due to sedation, prep and the procedure itself such as infections from dirty scopes and perforated bowels. Adverse cardiac events can and do happen due to sedation. Also, at a 10 year screening interval missed cancers during screening colonoscopies are a real concern. Cologuard detects polyps and 94% of early stage cancers regardless of location in the bowel, unlike colonoscopy which is known to miss more cancers on the right side. Colonoscopy is dependent on a thorough patient bowel cleansing and the Dr being on his "A" game. Colonoscopy misses as much as 11% of cancers due to these reasons. Cologuard is dependent on no human factor, requires no prep or change to medications and is done from home with no direct risk of any harms, missed work or other activities and no chance of catching other illnesses such as the FLU or COVID-19. For anyone suggesting the FIT test remember that it detects only 70% of early stage cancers and just 74% overall. If math isn't your thing what this means is that FIT misses nearly 1 out of 3 survivable cancers.
