Optimal diagnostic accuracy of quantitative faecal immunochemical test positivity thresholds for colorectal cancer detection in primary health care: a community‐based …

N Pin‐Vieito, L Garcia Nimo, L Bujanda… - United European …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Optimizing colonoscopy resources is challenging, and information regarding
performing diagnostic quantitative faecal immunochemical test (FIT) in daily clinical practice …

Diagnostic accuracy of a quantitative faecal immunochemical test vs. symptoms suspected for colorectal cancer in patients referred for colonoscopy

G Tsapournas, PM Hellström, Y Cao… - Scandinavian Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: Determine diagnostic accuracy of a quantitative faecal immunochemical
haemoglobin test (QuikRead go® FIT, Orion Diagnostica Oy) in symptomatic patients …

Faecal immunochemical tests safely enhance rational use of resources during the assessment of suspected symptomatic colorectal cancer in primary care: systematic …

N Pin-Vieito, C Tejido-Sandoval, N de Vicente-Bielza… - Gut, 2022 - gut.bmj.com
Objective Implementation of faecal immunochemical tests (FIT) as a triage test in primary
healthcare may improve the efficiency of referrals without missing cases of colorectal cancer …

Combining faecal immunochemical testing with blood test results to identify patients with symptoms at risk of colorectal cancer: a consecutive cohort of 16,604 patients …

DR Withrow, B Shine, J Oke, A Tamm, T James… - medRxiv, 2021 - medrxiv.org
Structured abstract Objective Faecal immunochemical tests (FITs) are used to triage primary
care patients with low risk colorectal cancer symptoms for referral to colonoscopy. The aim of …

[HTML][HTML] Faecal immunochemical test accuracy in patients referred for surveillance colonoscopy: a multi-centre cohort study

JS Terhaar sive Droste, ST van Turenhout, FA Oort… - BMC …, 2012 - Springer
Background Given the increasing burden on colonoscopy capacity, it has been suggested
that faecal immunochemical test (FIT) results could guide surveillance colonoscopy …

Faecal immunochemical test to triage patients with possible colorectal cancer symptoms: meta-analysis

KS Saw, C Liu, W Xu, C Varghese… - British Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background This review evaluated the utility of single quantitative faecal immunochemical
test (FIT) as a triaging tool for patients with symptoms of possible colorectal cancer, the effect …

Early clinical outcomes of a rapid colorectal cancer diagnosis pathway using faecal immunochemical testing in Nottingham

C Chapman, C Thomas, J Morling, A Tangri… - Colorectal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim We introduced primary care access to faecal immunochemical testing (FIT) as a
stratification tool for symptomatic patients considered to be at risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) …

[HTML][HTML] Lower abnormal fecal immunochemical test cut-off values improve detection of colorectal cancer in system-level screens

E Berry, S Miller, M Koch, B Balasubramanian… - Clinical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Noninvasive tests used in colorectal cancer screening, such as the fecal
immunochemical test (FIT), are more acceptable but detect neoplasias with lower levels of …

[HTML][HTML] Combining faecal immunochemical testing with blood test results for colorectal cancer risk stratification: a consecutive cohort of 16,604 patients presenting to …

DR Withrow, B Shine, J Oke, A Tamm, T James… - BMC medicine, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Faecal immunochemical tests (FITs) are used to triage primary care
patients with symptoms that could be caused by colorectal cancer for referral to …

Selecting a cut-off for colorectal cancer screening with a fecal immunochemical test

H Brenner, S Werner - Clinical and translational gastroenterology, 2017 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVES: Fecal immunochemical tests (FITs) for hemoglobin (Hb) are increasingly used
for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. However, cut-offs for defining test positivity are …