[PDF] Top 20 Colorectal cancer screening: Why immunochemical fecal occult blood tests may be the best option

... to screening, by allowing all those who stand to benefit from screening to access it if they choose to do ...resources may not only result in adverse economic impacts, but also in un- desirable ... See full document

... Chemical tests such as guaiac [22], benzidine [23], Tetra-p-bhenylenediamine & hydrochloride [24] were used for detection of fecal occult ...These tests are not specific for human ... See full document

... the screening and diagnostic tests considered ...population-based screening is hampered by the fact that numerous tests are available with heterogeneous performance characteristics, and ... See full document

... garding colorectal cancer ...who may have attained higher levels of education and annual household ...mended colorectal cancer screening ...both tests and thus patients ... See full document

... SYNTHESIS Ten case series, 5 cohort studies, 4 RCTs, and 1 meta-analysis were critically appraised. All studies used Hemoccult, Hemoccult II, or Hemoccult SENSA tests. Data from case series involving challenge ... See full document

... 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 test has ... See full document

... A screening programme using IFOBT can be effective for prevention of advanced CRC and reduced ...no screening, whereby a two-day faecal collection method was found to be cost- effective as a means of ... See full document

... and immunochemical fecal occult blood tests for the detection of CRC among patients of 50–74 years old attending two hospitals in the Eastern Region of Saudi ...guaiac-based ... See full document

... a colorectal cancer screening program using repeated immunochemical FOBt in the ...of screening in the Netherlands are lacking and the effec- tiveness of a screening program is ... See full document

... CRC screening, had a positive iFOBT result, and under- went a colonoscopy procedure performed in the period from March 3, 2014 to December 31, ...a screening- related ... See full document

... of tests would have been processed even with the risk of false-neg- ative ...of tests refused by improving the information given to users is in ...of tests analysed by the labora- tory within 6 days ... See full document

... region, colorectal cancer (CRC) ranked the first among male and the third among ...and screening among specific age group (31 and above) from both males and females through conducting ... See full document

... Japan, colorectal cancer is on the increase as a cause of death ...[1]. Cancer screening is considered one of the most promising approaches in the prevention of cancer ...The ... See full document

... true screening setting, with results of screening colonoscopy (the best available albeit not perfect reference test) being available for all study ...the best possible comparison with ... See full document

... CRC screening has resulted in coverage for the elderly under traditional Medicare ...CRC screening guide- ...annual fecal occult blood test (FOBT) or fecal immunochemical ... See full document

... colonoscopy may have been required before such procedures but were not distinguishable by claims ...Endoscopic tests other than optical colonoscopy were also included (n = ...diagnostic tests was ... See full document

... The design of the I-FOBT and the need of only one sample are probably the main reason for the higher ad- herence to this method. A meta-analysis publicized in 2012, evaluated randomized control trials comparing guaiac ... See full document

... Colorectal cancer is a leading cause of cancer death world- wide, killing an estimated 694,000 people each year ...certain colorectal cancer screening modalities may ... See full document

... parent blood, which might indicate an underlying ...red blood cells); the immunochemical based FOBT (FIT), relies on detec- tion of the protein called Globin (found in human red blood ...of ... See full document

... pill may contract or deform, for elimination. Colon recognition may be based on a structural image, based on the differ- ences in diameters between the small intestine and the colon, and particularly, based ... See full document