Fecal occult blood testing has great potential as a screening tool for colorectal cancer.
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Self-perceived Mental Health Status and Uptake of Fecal Occult Blood Test for Colorectal Cancer Screening in Canada: A Cross-Sectional Study
Background While colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most preventable causes of cancer mortality, it is one of the leading causes of cancer death in Canada where CRC screening uptake is suboptimal. Given the increased rate of mortality and morbidity among mental health patients, their condition could be a potential barrier to CRC screening due to greater difficulties in adhering to behaviours...
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OBJECTIVE The objective of this abstract is to demonstrate by life table methodology a significant reduction in the mean annual incidence rate of colorectal cancer in randomized groups with annual or biennial screening for fecal occult blood, as compared with the annual incidence rate in the control group. BACKGROUND Testing for the presence of fecal occult blood has long been used for the ea...
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Colorectal cancer is a major public health burden worldwide. There is clear-cut evidence that screening will reduce colorectal cancer mortality and the only contentious issue is which screening tool to use. Most evidence points towards screening with fecal occult blood testing. The immunochemical fecal occult blood tests have a higher sensitivity than the guaiac-based tests. In addition, their ...
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20 THE AVAILABLE FECAL OCCULT BLOOD TESTS— THE GUAIAC TESTS (GT) In 1985, Simon published an excellent review of FOBT testing for colorectal cancer (11). He stated that the concept of occult blood detection is generally credited to Van Deen, who in 1864 used gum guaiac, as an indicator reagent. Boas was the first to demonstrate its value for the detection of bowel malignancy (12) and Greegor wa...
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- CA: a cancer journal for clinicians
دوره 60 5 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2010