In just two minutes, EZ Detect™ identifies hidden blood in the stool, which can be an early warning sign of colorectal cancer. Colorectal cancer, which affects men and women equally, is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Caught early, colorectal cancer is 90 percent curable. Unfortunately, only 37 percent of all colorectal cancers are detected at an early stage.
A promising long-term study of 46,000 people, released in March 1999 by The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention, proved that using a Fecal Occult Blood Test every year could prevent up to 33,000 deaths nationwide by catching and treating the disease in its early stages. The findings prompted government health officials to announce a new campaign to encourage all Americans over 50 to annually use a fecal occult blood test and led to the U.S. Senate declaring March 2000 “National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month”.