Gender-specific cut-offs in colorectal cancer screening with FIT: Increased compliance and equal positivity rate

Objective Using quantitative Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) in colorectal cancer screening enables adjustment of the cut-off for a positive test. As men have higher stool blood levels and higher prevalence of colorectal neoplasia, different cut-off levels can be chosen for men and women. We evalua...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of medical screening 2019-06, Vol.26 (2), p.92-97
Hauptverfasser: Blom, Johannes, Löwbeer, Christian, Elfström, K. Miriam, Sventelius, Marika, Öhman, Daniel, Saraste, Deborah, Törnberg, Sven
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