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Screening methods
| Type of method | Method |
| Stool tests | For presence of occult blood (FOBT) |
| Guaiac-based (gFOBT) | |
| Immunochemical (iFOBT) | |
| For presence of abnormal DNA | |
| Endoscopic examinations | Flexible sigmoidoscopy (FS) colonoscopy |
| Radiologic examinations | Computed tomographic colonography (CTC) |
| Double contrast barium enema (DCBE) |
