More than 75 percent of primary care physicians in the United States who order or perform the fecal occult blood test as a screening option for colorectal cancer perform an in-office test rather than ...

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: 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 ...

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For patients with a positive fecal occult blood test in a cohort study, those who did not undergo a follow-up colonoscopy had an increased incidence of colorectal cancer. Those who underwent ...

Fecal occult-blood testing (FOBT) is a noninvasive, effective means of screening for colorectal cancer (CRC). The SENSITIVITY of this technique is suboptimal, however, and identification of a simple, ...

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 ...

Abnormal results of guaiac fecal occult blood testing (FOBT) may flag a higher mortality risk that extends beyond death from colorectal cancer, a Scottish study showed. The study, which had as much as ...

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 ...

Last Monday I got my “At-Home Stool Test Kit” in the mail. This test is called “fecal immunochemical tests” (FITs). This test is done at home and detects tiny amounts of blood in your stool, which is ...

Objective: To assess patient preferences for 1 of the recommended colorectal cancer screening options or stool DNA testing (sDNA), a novel noninvasive screening test. Study Design: Cross-sectional ...