What do the results mean?

Information obtained with the ColonSentry test will facilitate colorectal cancer screening decision-making. 

• Patients identified as having an increased risk should consider having a colonoscopy. 

• Patients with a decreased risk of having colorectal cancer can discuss with their doctor further screening that might be considered, including repeating ColonSentry at regular intervals. A decreased risk result is just that: a decreased risk that does not completely rule out the presence of colorectal cancer. 

Regularly reassessing current risk of having colorectal cancer with ColonSentry as part of a routine check-up is a good idea and will help track changes in risk over time – an essential element in personalized health management.

ColonSentry is not a genetic test and does not provide information about genetic predisposition or future risk.

Incorporating ColonSentry into routine physicals or performing ColonSentry as a stand-alone test may save a large number of lives as more people are expected to comply with a blood test, a simple first step towards early colorectal cancer detection.