What does OB stand for?

Occult Blood

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Samples in periodicals archive:

There continue to be discussions among clinicians on which method to adopt in their practices [guaiac fecal occult blood test (FOBT) vs.

Physicians' choose for patients' convenience

Screening programs involving fecal occult blood testing, flexible sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy lower the incidence of colorectal cancer by removing precancerous adenomas, or tumors, detect cancers at more curable early stages and reduce colorectal cancer mortality.

Mail and Electronic Reminders May Increase Colon Cancer Screening

The ColonSentry test is a breakthrough risk-assessment tool that provides a more accurate and reliable basis for recommending colonoscopies than demographic benchmarks or the less sophisticated occult blood stool test.

Canada: GeneNews partners with leading executive health clinic for ...

THE self test for bowel cancer is called the Faecal Occult Blood Test (FOBT) and is sent to eligible people who are asked to take faecal samples on three separate occasions and then send them away for analysis.

Send off a sample; In association with the NHS North East

The three main tests currently used for early detection of cancer in men are the serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) test, the fecal occult blood test (FOBT) and clinical whole body skin examination.

Cancer screening in Queensland men

He had seen my colleague, who had done a faecal occult blood test.

An electronic world

The plant will repackage urine test papers for shipment to Japan and manufacture drugs for stool testing for occult blood for the U.

Eiken to Launch New Subsidiary and Factory in China

Accu-Stat recently obtained FDA 510(k) clearances to sell its Accu-Stat line of home testing products for drugs of abuse, breath alcohol, cholesterol, and fecal occult blood tests over-the-counter.

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