Faecal immunochemical tests versus colonoscopy for post-polypectomy surveillance: an accuracy, acceptability and economic study

Faecal immunochemical tests versus colonoscopy for post-polypectomy surveillance: an accuracy, acceptability and economic study

Background: In the UK, patients with one or two adenomas, of which at least one is ≥ 10 mm in size, or three or four small adenomas, are deemed to be at intermediate risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) and referred for surveillance colonoscopy 3 years post polypectomy. However, colonoscopy is costly, ca...

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Main Authors: Wendy Atkin, Amanda J Cross, Ines Kralj-Hans, Eilidh MacRae, Carolyn Piggott, Sheena Pearson, Kate Wooldrage, Jeremy Brown, Fiona Lucas, Aaron Prendergast, Natalie Marchevsky, Bhavita Patel, Kevin Pack, Rosemary Howe, Hanna Skrobanski, Robert Kerrison, Nicholas Swart, Julia Snowball, Stephen W Duffy, Stephen Morris, Christian von Wagner, Stephen Halloran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: NIHR Journals Library 2019-01-01
Series:Health Technology Assessment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3310/hta23010

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