Effect of sex, age, and positivity threshold on fecal immunochemical test accuracy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

K Selby, EH Levine, C Doan, A Gies, H Brenner… - Gastroenterology, 2019 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Quantitative fecal immunochemical tests (FITs) for hemoglobin are
commonly used for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. We aimed to quantify the change in …

Gender differences in fecal immunochemical test performance for early detection of colorectal neoplasia

A Kapidzic, MP van der Meulen, L Hol… - Clinical …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Fecal immunochemical tests (FITs) are used widely in colorectal cancer
screening. Programs use the same fecal hemoglobin threshold for colonoscopy referral for …

Impact of age-and gender-specific cut-off values for the fecal immunochemical test for hemoglobin in colorectal cancer screening

C Alvarez-Urturi, M Andreu, C Hernandez… - Digestive and Liver …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background There is no information on the impact of age and gender on the diagnostic yield
of different positivity thresholds for the fecal immunochemical test for hemoglobin (FIT) …

Quantitative fecal immunochemical tests for colorectal cancer screening

A Gies, M Bhardwaj, C Stock… - … journal of cancer, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Fecal immunochemical tests (FITs) for hemoglobin (Hb) are increasingly used for colorectal
cancer (CRC) screening. We aimed to review, summarize and compare reported diagnostic …

[HTML][HTML] Difference in performance of fecal immunochemical tests with the same hemoglobin cutoff concentration in a nationwide colorectal cancer screening program

TH Chiang, SL Chuang, SLS Chen, HM Chiu, AMF Yen… - Gastroenterology, 2014 - Elsevier
Background & Aims We investigated whether 2 quantitative fecal immunochemical tests
(FITs) with the same cutoff concentration of fecal hemoglobin perform equivalently in …

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 …

Variation of diagnostic performance of fecal immunochemical testing for hemoglobin by sex and age: results from a large screening cohort

H Brenner, J Qian, S Werner - Clinical Epidemiology, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Objective Fecal immunochemical tests (FITs) for hemoglobin in stool are increasingly used
for colorectal cancer screening. Reported sensitivities and specificities have strongly varied …

[HTML][HTML] Fecal immunochemical test accuracy in average-risk colorectal cancer screening

V Hernandez, J Cubiella… - World journal of …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
AIM: To assess the fecal immunochemical test (FIT) accuracy for colorectal cancer (CRC)
and advanced neoplasia (AN) detection in CRC screening. METHODS: We performed a …

[HTML][HTML] Direct comparison of diagnostic performance of 9 quantitative fecal immunochemical tests for colorectal cancer screening

A Gies, K Cuk, P Schrotz-King, H Brenner - Gastroenterology, 2018 - Elsevier
Background & Aims A variety of fecal immunochemical tests (FITs) for hemoglobin (Hb) are
used in colorectal cancer screening. It is unclear to what extent differences in reported …

Pooled rates of adenoma detection by colonoscopy in asymptomatic average-risk individuals with positive fecal immunochemical test: a systematic review and meta …

BP Mohan, SR Khan, E Daugherty, S Chandan… - Gastrointestinal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background and Aims Current adenoma detection rate (ADR) benchmarks for colonoscopy
in individuals positive for a fecal immunochemical test (FIT) are≥ 45% in men and≥ 35% in …