fecal occult blood test
Implementation of population screening for colorectal cancer by repeated fecal occult blood test in the Netherlands
... Knowledge about screening with iFOBt will be measured using 24 statements derived from expert opinion and information obtained in the first screening round, with two response options (e.g. "the fecal ...
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The sensitivity, specificity, predictive values, and likelihood ratios of fecal occult blood test for the detection of colorectal cancer in hospital settings
... for occult blood with at least one ...an occult blood-positive result by both tests was 39 ...guaiac test detected two cases, while the immunochemical test detected three of ...
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Comparison between an immunochemical fecal occult blood test and a Guaiac based fecal occult blood test in detection of adenomas and colorectal cancer
... screening test like fecal occult blood test, that can identify people at greatest risk of CRC for whom in- vasive tests, as colonoscopy, is appropriated [10 – ...
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Is the patient activation measure associated with adherence to colonoscopy after a positive fecal occult blood test result?
... The current study had several limitations. We used a cut-off time to colonoscopy of 90 days after the positive FOBT result. In a larger study in Meuhedet, during the years 2012–2015 the mean time to colonoscopy was 70.13 ...
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The psychological impact of a colorectal cancer diagnosis following a negative fecal occult blood test result
... to test the hypotheses that patients with an interval CRC would have poorer quality of life, higher depression, greater perceived diagnostic delay, and lower trust in the results of FOBt screening, than either ...
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Comparison of mailed invitation strategies to improve fecal occult blood test participation in men: protocol for a randomized controlled trial
... the test, have more sources of social sup- port who believe they should screen, and are motivated to comply with societal attitudes and beliefs in regards to screening (social influence), were more likely to ...
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Dietary interventions for fecal occult blood test screening
... SYNTHÈSE On a fait une évaluation critique de 10 séries de cas, 5 études des 4 ECR et 1 méta-analyse. Toutes les études utilisaient les tests Hemocult, Hemocult II ou Hemocult SENSA. Les données des séries de cas portant ...
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Colonoscopy-related complications in a nationwide immunochemical fecal occult blood test-based colorectal cancer screening program
... an iFOBT screening program with 39,254 colonoscopies. Thus, our estimate of any complication (0.7%) is within the range of those reported from programs in Spain, Slovenia, and the Basque Country. Similar to the Basque ...
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Detection of colorectal cancer in symptomatic outpatients without visible rectal bleeding: Validity of the fecal occult blood test
... Two thousand four hundred eight outpatients without known established CRC risk factors aged 40 years or older with symptoms consistent with CRC were examined in the two surgical outpatient clinics during the study ...
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Relationship between risk information on total colonoscopy and patient preferences for colorectal cancer screening options: Analysis using the Analytic Hierarchy Process
... The fecal occult blood test (FOBT) is the preferred pro- gram for colorectal cancer screening in Japan, being a non- invasive, low-cost ...
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Demographic and comorbidity predictors of adherence to diagnostic colonoscopy in the Danish Colorectal Cancer Screening Program: a nationwide cross-sectional study
... Background: Predictors of participation in colorectal cancer screening with a stool sample screening modality have been widely studied, but adherence to subsequent diagnostic colonos- copy after a positive screening ...
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Managing toxicities associated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: consensus recommendations from the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Toxicity Management Working Group
... walk test; AACR: American Association for Cancer Research; ACCC: Association of Community Cancer Centers; ACPA: Anti-citrullinated protein antibodies; ACTH: Adrenocorticotropic hormone; ADCC: Antibody- dependent ...
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Cost-effectiveness of colorectal cancer screening in Ukraine
... [fecal occult blood test (FOBT) every year, flexible sigmoidoscopy with FOBT every 5 years, and colonoscopy every 10 years] compared to no ...adherence, test characteristics and ...
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Use and abuse of fecal occult blood tests: a community hospital experience
... Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer worldwide and one of the leading causes of cancer-related mortality [1]. In the United States of America (USA), it is the third most common cause of cancer related ...
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United States Health Policies and Late-stage Breast and colorectal cancer diagnosis: Why such disparities by age?
... access to preferred physicians and specialists seems im- portant, and state regulations that enhance this may im- prove access; thus the first regulatory variable – Direct Access to Specialist – is expected to enhance ...
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Incidentally Discovered Extranodal Marginal Zone B-Cell Lymphoma of Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue in the Colon
... A 62-year-old female with a history of recurrent urinary tract infections, nephrolithiasis, Bell’s palsy, and vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 was found to have a decrease in hematocrit during a routine follow-up ...
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Survival of patients with symptom- and screening-detected colorectal cancer
... Methods: Overall and CRC specific mortality over a median follow-up of 4.8 years was assessed according to mode of diagnosis symptoms, screening colonoscopy, fecal occult blood test [FOB[r] ...
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Phenolphthalein Method as a Simple and Low Cost Test for Detection of Fecal Occult Blood
... of fecal occult-blood testing leads to reduction of mortality and incidence of colorectal-cancer ...[1]. Fecal occult blood and its constituent, fecal occult ...
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Collection of non-meconium stool on fecal occult blood cards is an effective method for fecal microbiota studies in infants
... by fecal occult blood test (FOBT) cards represents a method that fulfills the criteria for the following reasons: (1) With the often very small amounts of fecal material found in ...
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Pseudobezoars: Technology Progress and New Prospects as a Medical Platform
... routine fecal occult blood test ...guaiac test) is combined with an immunological test for human haemoglobin, the sensitivity improves to 97% (only 3% false negative results) in ...
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