Laboratory diagnosis includes targeted in gastroenterology, diagnostic methods, specific programs screeninové functional and non-invasive investigative programs using modern methods for detection of analytes in the stool or through breathing tests. Screening (search) programs are focused on the early diagnosis of the disease, which otherwise remain in this early stage, unrecognized.
Screening programs are carried out in asymptomatic (without symptoms). U defined by so-called high risk groups is a dispensarizační programs.
Gastroenterological screening currently involves two basic programs - screening of celiac disease and colorectal cancer screening.