This Cancer Screening For People In Their 30s Can Dramatically Lower Your Risk Of Dying Young
June 14, 2025
Unlike colonoscopies (which visually look for irregular growths with a camera), the FIT examines stool samples for human hemoglobin, a protein in red blood cells. If human hemoglobin is present, blood has likely leaked into the digestive system, according to Dr. Theodore R. Levin, a gastroenterologist with Kaiser Permanente in Northern California.
Why does this matter? Well, cancerous tissue —…