Population-based colorectal cancer screening programmes using a faecal immunochemical test: should faecal haemoglobin cut-offs differ by age and sex?

Population-based colorectal cancer screening programmes using a faecal immunochemical test: should faecal haemoglobin cut-offs differ by age and sex?

Abstract Background The Basque Colorectal Cancer Screening Programme has both high participation rate and high compliance rate of colonoscopy after a positive faecal occult blood test (FIT). Although, colorectal cancer (CRC) screening with biannual (FIT) has shown to reduce CRC mortality, the ultima...

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Main Authors: Eunate Arana-Arri, Isabel Idigoras, Begoña Uranga, Raquel Pérez, Ana Irurzun, Iñaki Gutiérrez-Ibarluzea, Callum G. Fraser, Isabel Portillo, EUSKOLON Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
Adenoma
Colorectal cancer
Faecal immunochemical test
Faecal occult blood test
Interval cancers
Screening
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-017-3555-3

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