A new study published in JAMA Network Open by Hanna Heyman and colleagues provides important insights into how colorectal ...

FOBT-positive patients who skipped colonoscopy had fourfold higher cancer incidence ...

1. A Single Office-Based Stool Blood Test (FOBT) Is a Poor, but Often Used, Screening Test for Colorectal Cancer Two articles and an editorial in the Jan. 18, 2005, Annals of Internal Medicine discuss ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients who received a positive fecal occult blood test as an initial screening for colorectal cancer may need ...

TO THE EDITORS:In the July issue of The American Journal of Managed Care, Schroy et al 1 reported on preferences for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening tests in relation to currently recommended ...

Impact on stage distribution of gastric cancer by the National Cancer Screening Program (NCSP) in Korea. Background: Mass screening programs for colorectal cancer are based on fecal occult blood test ...

Nothing elicits a groan from patients as quickly as discussion of uncomfortable screening procedures. Yet those discussions must take place. Colorectal cancer is the third-most common cancer in the ...

P<0.05 is of statistical significance. ASA, acetylsalicylic acid; CI, confidence interval; FOBT, fecal occult blood test; g-FOBT, guaiac FOBT; i-FOBT, immunochemical ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The COVID-19 pandemic created new barriers for colorectal cancer screening. However, fecal occult blood tests ...

Evaluating the clinical utility of universal screening to identify Lynch syndrome in stage III/III colorectal cancer patients: A prospective observational study in Japan. ACPS Stage RFS/PFS Hazard ...

Fecal occult-blood testing (FOBT) is a noninvasive, effective means of screening for colorectal cancer (CRC). The SENSITIVITY of this technique is suboptimal, however, and identification of a simple, ...