Prospective cross-sectional study on faecal immunochemical tests: sex specific cut-off values to obtain equal sensitivity for colorectal cancer?

BACKGROUND: Faecal immunochemical tests (FITs) are commonly used in colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. Diagnostic accuracy of FIT differs between males and females. This so far unexplained difference could result in a dissimilarity in screening outcome between both sexes. The aim of this study is to...

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Published in:BMC Gastroenterol
Main Authors: van Turenhout, Sietze T, Oort, Frank A, van der Hulst, René WM, Visscher, Arjen P, Terhaar sive Droste, Jochim S, Scholten, Pieter, Bouman, Anneke A, Meijer, Gerrit A, Mulder, Chris JJ, van Rossum, Leo GM, Coupé, Veerle MH
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4302436/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25528043
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12876-014-0217-7
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