Reducing the Cut-Off Value of the Fecal Immunochemical Test for Symptomatic Patients Does Not Improve Diagnostic Performance

Reducing the Cut-Off Value of the Fecal Immunochemical Test for Symptomatic Patients Does Not Improve Diagnostic Performance

Introduction: The fecal immunochemical test (FIT) has been established as a cost-effective test in colon cancer screening programmes. This test could also be helpful in symptomatic patients prior to colonoscopy, but data about diagnostic performance, and accurate cut-off values for these patients ar...

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Main Authors: Mercedes Navarro, Gonzalo Hijos, Carlos Sostres, Alberto Lué, Juan Jose Puente-Lanzarote, Patricia Carrera-Lasfuentes, Angel Lanas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
colorectal cancer
faecal immunochemical test (FIT)
symptomatic patients
cut off value
colonoscopy
colorectal adenocarcinoma
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmed.2020.00410/full

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