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1. Posted 4/9/2008

   This article has been updated to reflect the following information: When a fecal occult blood test (FOBT) comes back positive, there's only about a 2% chance that the person has colorectal cancer. A prior version stated a different percentage. http://coloncancer.about.com/od/fastfacts/a/FF_CRC_Screen.htm