Thanks for posting. I just sent in my Cologuard sample last week. My doctor said we could do it either way, and chose Cologuard, which I later came to regret after learning about its low accuracy for detecting adenomas. Unfortunately I didn't find this out until I had the test kit in hand with the documentation in front of me. If I had it to do over, I'd just take the colonoscopy.
Seems crazy that insurance wouldn't pay (I know, they're in the business of not paying) when a follow-up is medically indicated, as in the case of a positive result, false or not. Are they saying the right thing to do is ignore the test result? Crazy.
Cologuard says their false negative rate is 8% for colorectal cancer and 58% (!!!) for advanced adenomas. Why did I choose this?
Last edited by rseeker; 12-08-18 at 03:23 PM.