Stage-specific sensitivity of fecal immunochemical tests for detecting colorectal cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis

T Niedermaier, Y Balavarca… - Official journal of the …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: Fecal immunochemical tests (FITs) detect the majority of colorectal cancers
(CRCs), but evidence for variation in sensitivity according to the CRC stage is sparse and …

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 …

Sensitivity of fecal immunochemical test for colorectal cancer detection differs according to stage and location

T Niedermaier, K Tikk, A Gies, S Bieck… - Clinical Gastroenterology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Fecal immunochemical tests (FITs) are widely used for colorectal cancer
(CRC) screening. FITs detect most CRCs. Although detection of CRC at early stages is most …

Colorectal cancer screening with fecal immunochemical testing: a community-based, cross-sectional study in average-risk individuals in Nigeria

OI Alatise, AJ Dare, PA Akinyemi… - The Lancet Global …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background The estimated incidence of colorectal cancer is rising in Nigeria, where most
patients present with advanced disease. Earlier detection of colorectal cancer is a goal of …

Oral microbiota as promising diagnostic biomarkers for gastrointestinal cancer: a systematic review

Y Chen, X Chen, H Yu, H Zhou, S Xu - OncoTargets and therapy, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Emerging evidence has shown the potential of oral microbiota as a noninvasive diagnostic
tool in gastrointestinal (GI) cancer. PubMed, Web of Science, and Embase were …

Participant-related risk factors for false-positive and false-negative fecal immunochemical tests in colorectal cancer screening: systematic review and meta-analysis

CM de Klerk, LM Vendrig, PM Bossuyt… - Official journal of the …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVES: Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening using fecal immunochemical tests (FIT)
may reduce CRC-related mortality but its effectiveness is influenced by the limited accuracy …

The second round of the Dutch colorectal cancer screening program: Impact of an increased fecal immunochemical test cut‐off level on yield of screening

AI Kooyker, E Toes‐Zoutendijk… - … Journal of Cancer, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The Dutch colorectal cancer (CRC) screening program started in 2014, inviting the target
population biennially to perform a fecal immunochemical test (FIT). We obtained …

Influence of varying quantitative fecal immunochemical test positivity thresholds on colorectal cancer detection: a community-based cohort study

K Selby, CD Jensen, JK Lee, CA Doubeni… - Annals of internal …, 2018 - acpjournals.org
Background: The fecal immunochemical test (FIT) is commonly used for colorectal cancer
(CRC) screening. Despite demographic variations in stool hemoglobin concentrations, few …

The optimal cut‐off value in fit‐based colorectal cancer screening: An observational study

SH Njor, B Andersen, L Friis‐Hansen… - Cancer …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening programs using fecal immunochemical test
(FIT) have to choose a cut‐off value to decide which citizens to recall for colonoscopy. The …

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 …