OBJECTIVES Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer-related death
in the United States. Endoscopic screening is now in favor and its use is increasing, but …

Although there are several methods available for colon cancer screening, none is optimal.
This article reviews methods for screening, including fecal occult blood tests, flexible …

In this issue of GASTROENTEROLOGY Morikawa et al 1 present important data on the
performance characteristics of a new fecal immunochemical test (FIT), Magstream …

Abstract Background/Aims: The purpose of this review is to clarify the place of new-
technology stool tests in screening for colorectal neoplasia. Findings: New technologies …

Background: Simple card collection systems are becoming available for faecal
immunochemical tests (FITs) as well as guaiac faecal occult blood tests (gFOBTs). FITs are …

The Medical Journal of Australia Page 1 52 MJA • Volume 182 Number 2 • 17 January 2005
EDITORIALS The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X 17 January 2005 182 2 52-53 …

Screening is a method of secondary prevention by testing to detect a target disease in
individuals with no symptoms of that disease to identify those at increased risk and/or to …

During the past 2 decades, colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and mortality rates in the
United States have declined in part due to screening. The most recent Behavioral Risk …

3. Centre for Reviews and Dissemination. CRD Report 36—Diagnostic accuracy and cost-
effectiveness of faecal occult blood. York, UK: Centre for Reviews and Dissemination …