Faecal immunochemical testing for adults with symptoms of colorectal cancer attending English primary care: a retrospective cohort study of 14 487 consecutive test …

BD Nicholson, T James, M Paddon… - Alimentary …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Faecal immunochemical testing (FIT) is recommended by the National Institute
for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) to triage symptomatic primary care patients for further …

Double faecal immunochemical testing in patients with symptoms suspicious of colorectal cancer

AD Gerrard, Y Maeda, J Miller, F Gunn… - British Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Faecal immunochemical test (FIT)-directed pathways based on a single test
have been implemented for symptomatic patients. However, with a single test, the sensitivity …

Intention to have blood-based multi-cancer early detection (MCED) screening: a cross-sectional population-based survey in England

N Schmeising-Barnes, J Waller, LAV Marlow - British Journal of Cancer, 2024 - nature.com
Background Trials assessing the clinical utility of blood-based multi-cancer early detection
(MCED) tests are underway. Understanding public attitudes towards MCED screening is …

[HTML][HTML] Faecal immunochemical test for suspected colorectal cancer symptoms: patient survey of usability and acceptability

TG Delisle, N D'Souza, B Davies, S Benton, M Chen… - Bjgp Open, 2022 - bjgpopen.org
Background Recent evidence suggests that the faecal immunochemical test (FIT) can rule
out colorectal cancer (CRC) in symptomatic patients. To date, there is no research on …

[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 …

Patient and healthcare professionals' perceptions of a combined blood and faecal immunochemical test for excluding colorectal cancer diagnosis in primary care

K Nelson, K Carter, J Hepburn, I Hill… - Health …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To explore the perceptions of patients and healthcare professionals on Raman‐
faecal immunochemical test (FIT) as an alternative test for colorectal cancer exclusion in …

Can we do better? A qualitative study in the East of England investigating patient experience and acceptability of using the faecal immunochemical test in primary care

CM Snudden, N Calanzani, S Archer, S Honey… - BMJ open, 2023 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives The faecal immunochemical test (FIT) is increasingly used in UK primary care to
triage patients presenting with symptoms and at different levels of colorectal cancer risk …

Diagnostic accuracy for colorectal cancer of a quantitative faecal immunochemical test in symptomatic primary care patients: a study protocol

A Lööv, C Högberg, M Lilja, E Theodorsson… - … and prognostic research, 2022 - Springer
Background There is increasing evidence supporting the use of faecal immunochemical
tests (FIT) in patients reporting symptoms associated with colorectal cancer (CRC), but most …

[HTML][HTML] Fecal immunochemical test (FIT) versus colonoscopy: Does knowing that a positive FIT requires a follow-up colonoscopy affect initial decision making in the …

J Shergill, KE Makaroff, M Lauzon, BMR Spiegel… - Preventive Medicine …, 2022 - Elsevier
Although many people prefer fecal immunochemical test (FIT) over colonoscopy due to its
noninvasive nature, it is unclear whether FIT would still be preferred for colorectal cancer …

Diagnostic accuracy of Faecal Immunochemical Testing for patients with symptoms of colorectal cancer: a retrospective cohort study of 14,487 consecutive test …

BD Nicholson, T James, M Paddon, S Justice, JL Oke… - medRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
Objective To ascertain the diagnostic performance of faecal immunochemical test (FIT) in
symptomatic primary care patients, to provide objective data on which to base referral …