Sorry Sharon but I gotta' go with the Kent the Doc. If Boboertz' Doc is requesting a CAT than he's wanting some general look-see as a CAT scan is waaaaaay down the list if used at all for colorectal cancer.

Kent's right and cheaper. The CAT doc may be jumping ahead as a Virtual Colonoscopy is relatively new but useful. It will probably still nee to be followed by a colonoscopy and biopsy. If you ask me, and I don't know jack shit, but I'd say Bobertz is heading for a more expensive way to go. The FOBT is cheap and they even have home kits!

* Fecal occult blood test (FOBT)
* Flexible sigmoidoscopy
* Colonoscopy
* Polypectomy - removal of a polyp for pathology testing
* Double contrast barium enema (DCBE)
* Digital rectal exam
* Virtual colonoscopy - the use of CT or MRI scans of the colon.
* Biopsy
* Pathology tests