NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The inexpensive stool tests commonly used to screen for colon cancer can be more effective, and much less costly, than newer tests that look for certain genetic markers in ...

Screening by faecal occult blood testing (FOBT) has been shown to be effective in reducing colorectal cancer (CRC) mortality (Mandel et al, 1993; Selby et al, 1993; Saito et al, 1995; Hardcastle et al ...

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 ...

Background: Current guidelines for screening of colorectal cancer do not offer specific recommendations for cessation of antithrombotic agents prior to fecal occult blood test (FOBT). Aim: To asess ...

Global Fecal Occult Blood (FOBT) Rapid Diagnostic Test Market 2020 by Company, Type and Application, Forecast to 2025 specializes in showing high-end research by understanding the major trends, key ...

We investigated variations in sensitivity of an immunochemical (I-FOBT) and a guaiac (G-FOBT) faecal occult blood test according to type and location of lesions in an average-risk 50- to 74-year-old ...

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 ...

Background and Aim: To investigate the participation rates, positivity rates, and follow-up rates from 2004 to 2008 in an organized colorectal cancer (CRC) screening program using a fecal occult blood ...

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 ...

To best detect the presence of colorectal cancer, patients must undergo a colonoscopy – an invasive procedure that examines the rectum and entire colon. However, the exam is only performed once every ...

The introduction of biennial colorectal cancer screening in a region of France increased the rate of diagnosis of high risk pre-cancerous adenomas (sometimes called polyps) by 89%, researchers have ...

Over a 10-year time frame, longitudinal adherence to current colorectal cancer (CRC) screening guidelines was less than ideal in a large, continuously insured US population at average risk for CRC.