2010-08-01
Performance improvements of stool-based screening tests
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Publication
Best Practice and Research in Clinical Gastroenterology , Volume 24 - Issue 4 p. 479- 492
Stool testing is a widely accepted, non-invasive, technique for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. Guaiac-based faecal occult blood test (gFOBT) screening has been proven to decrease CRC-related mortality; however gFOBT is hampered by a low sensitivity. Faecal immunochemical tests (FITs) have several advantages over gFOBT. First of all, FIT has a better sensitivity and higher uptake. Furthermore, the quantitative variant of the FIT allows choices on cut-off level for test-positivity according to colonoscopy resources available, personal risk profile, and/or intended detection rate in the screened population. Stool-based DNA (sDNA) tests aiming at the detection of specific DNA alterations may improve detection of CRC and adenomas compared to gFOBT screening, but large-scale population based studies are lacking. This review focuses on factors influencing test performance of those three stool based screening tests.
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| doi.org/10.1016/j.bpg.2010.03.009, hdl.handle.net/1765/26039 | |
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| Organisation | Erasmus MC: University Medical Center Rotterdam |
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van Dam, L., Kuipers, E., & van Leerdam, M. (2010). Performance improvements of stool-based screening tests. Best Practice and Research in Clinical Gastroenterology (Vol. 24, pp. 479–492). doi:10.1016/j.bpg.2010.03.009 |
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