Can the performance of a quantitative FIT-based colorectal cancer screening programme be enhanced by lowering the threshold and increasing the interval?

Jayne Digby; Callum G. Fraser; Frank A. Carey; Robert J. C. Steele

doi:10.1136/gutjnl-2017-314862

Can the performance of a quantitative FIT-based colorectal cancer screening programme be enhanced by lowering the threshold and increasing the interval?

Jayne Digby (Lead / Corresponding author), Callum G. Fraser, Frank A. Carey, Robert J. C. Steele

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	993-994
Number of pages	2
Journal	Gut
Volume	67
Issue number	5
Early online date	24 Aug 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2017-314862
Publication status	Published - May 2018

Keywords

colorectal cancer
faecal haemoglobin
faecal immunochemical test
faecal occult blood test
screening

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Gastroenterology

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Steele, Bob
- Population Health and Genomics - Emeritus Professor
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