Finding the needle in the haystack: the diagnostic accuracy of the faecal immunochemical test for colorectal cancer in younger symptomatic patients
| Autor: | John Ramage, Nigel D'Souza, Kevin Monahan, Muti Abulafi, Justin Stebbing, Oliver Warren |
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| Přispěvatelé: | National Institute for Health Research, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust- BRC Funding |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Colorectal cancer SOCIETY Colonoscopy Diagnostic accuracy Subgroup analysis Disease Sensitivity and Specificity Inflammatory bowel disease Gastroenterology Feces Hemoglobins AGE Internal medicine medicine Humans Prospective Studies ANEMIA Early Detection of Cancer Early onset OUTCOMES Science & Technology Gastroenterology & Hepatology medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry PRIMARY-CARE 1103 Clinical Sciences FIT medicine.disease faecal immunochemical test TRENDS Occult Blood NICE FIT Steering Group PATTERNS Surgery diagnostic accuracy Colorectal Neoplasms business Life Sciences & Biomedicine |
| Zdroj: | Colorectal Disease. 23:2539-2549 |
| ISSN: | 1463-1318 1462-8910 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/codi.15786 |
| Popis: | Aim Detection of early onset colorectal cancer is challenging, and remains a rare diagnosis amongst younger people with gastrointestinal symptoms. We investigated whether faecal immunochemical testing (FIT) could identify younger patients at higher risk of colorectal cancer or serious bowel disease including colorectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease or advanced adenomas. Methods A subgroup analysis was performed of symptomatic patients under 50 years of age ( |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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