[HTML][HTML] Faecal immunochemical test outside colorectal cancer screening?

N Pin-Vieito, M Puga… - World Journal of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Faecal immunochemical tests (FITs) are the most widely colorectal cancer (CRC) diagnostic
biomarker available. Many population screening programmes are based on this biomarker …

Faecal immunochemical tests (FIT) can help to rule out colorectal cancer in patients presenting in primary care with lower abdominal symptoms: a systematic review …

M Westwood, S Lang, N Armstrong, S van Turenhout… - BMC medicine, 2017 - Springer
Background This study has attempted to assess the effectiveness of quantitative faecal
immunochemical tests (FIT) for triage of people presenting with lower abdominal symptoms …

Faecal immunochemical testing (FIT) in symptomatic patients: what are we missing?

A Farrugia, M Widlak, C Evans, SC Smith… - Frontline …, 2020 - fg.bmj.com
Objective Faecal immunochemical test (FIT) shows promise as a non-invasive triage test for
colorectal cancer (CRC) in the symptomatic population. The aim of this study was to assess …

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 testing (FIT) in patients with signs or symptoms of suspected colorectal cancer (CRC): a joint guideline from the Association of Coloproctology …

KJ Monahan, MM Davies, M Abulafi, A Banerjea… - Gut, 2022 - gut.bmj.com
Faecal immunochemical testing (FIT) has a high sensitivity for the detection of colorectal
cancer (CRC). In a symptomatic population FIT may identify those patients who require …

Faecal immunochemical tests for the diagnosis of symptomatic colorectal cancer in primary care: the benefit of more than one sample

C Högberg, L Söderström, M Lilja - Scandinavian Journal of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Objective: Faecal immunochemical tests (FITs) are used to screen for colorectal
cancer (CRC) and as diagnostic aids in symptomatic patients. However, the number of …

Impact of the faecal immunochemical test on colorectal cancer survival

MA Gutierrez-Stampa, V Aguilar, C Sarasqueta… - BMC cancer, 2020 - Springer
Background There is already evidence that the faecal immunochemical test (FIT) is a useful
tool for the diagnosis of colorectal cancer (CRC) that helps to identify symptomatic patients …

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 …

Fecal immunochemical tests in combination with blood tests for colorectal cancer and advanced adenoma detection—systematic review

T Niedermaier, K Weigl… - United European …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a common but largely preventable cancer. Although
fecal immunochemical tests (FITs) detect the majority of CRCs, they miss some of the …

[HTML][HTML] Accuracy of a faecal immunochemical test in patients under colonoscopy surveillance of colorectal adenoma and cancer

L Olsson, D Sjöberg - Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Surveillance of colorectal neoplasia place great strain on colonoscopy
resources, and faecal immunochemical tests (FIT) are under-investigated for this purpose …