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Can a blood test detect a polyp?
This question was asked in
Orange Park, Florida
on 03/20/2012.
I just had blood work done. Will the blood tell me that I have some malignant polyp in my body?
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Harsha Vittal, M.D.
Answered on: 3/21/2012
There are no blood tests that will detect a colon polyp.
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