Evaluation of the Diagnostic Potential of Artificial Intelligence-assisted Fecal Microbiome Testing for Colon Cancer

Inclusion Criteria: * over 18 years not pregnant not meeting any of the exclusion criteria Voluntary consent form signer \* Indications for colonoscopy: Colorectal cancer or adenomatous polyp in first-degree relatives Patients followed for more than 8 years with ulcerative colitis, Crohn's Disease, or individuals with a history of hereditary polyposis or non-polyposis syndrome. In these groups, the screening procedure should be started from the age of 40. It is a population-based screening that begins at age 50 and ends at age 70 for all men and women (50 and 70 years will be included). However, especially in this group of patients; Male patients presenting with iron deficiency anemia Female patients over 40 years of age presenting with iron deficiency anemia Patients with positive occult blood in stool in screening programs Patients presenting with rectal bleeding Patients with defecation irregularity, weight loss Exclusion Criteria: * under 18 years old * Pregnant or planning to become * Have another known diagnosis of gastrointestinal disease * Abdominal surgery other than appendectomy or hysterectomy history * Psychiatric comorbidity * Chronic diseases that will affect the microbiome (cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, liver diseases, neurological diseases, etc.) * Use of drugs that may affect digestive function (including use in the last 4 weeks), probiotics, narcotic analgesics, lactulose (prebiotics) in the 4 weeks before the study * Patients taking dietar…