Overview
The purpose of this study is to find out whether a urine test can detect colorectal cancer (CRC) and precancerous polyps in participants living in Ghana, Tanzania, and South Africa.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patient presents with one of the following:
- Patients with symptoms of CRC (such as rectal bleeding for a week) -OR-
- Patients who present for a screening colonoscopy -OR-
- Has received one of the following within 3 weeks of the planned urine collection
- Patients with a pathologic diagnosis of CRC either by colonoscopy or resection specimens -OR-
- Patients with colonoscopy demonstrating adenomatous polyps -OR-
- Patients with colonoscopy demonstrating no colon or premalignant or malignant pathology
- Age ≥ 18
- Willingness to participate in the study
