Background Given the increasing burden on colonoscopy capacity, it has been suggested that faecal immunochemical test (FIT) results could guide surveillance colonoscopy intervals. Against this ...

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Abu Dhabi health chiefs have hailed the introduction of a blood test for colon cancer as a "game-changer" in the emirate's ...

The kit, a fecal immunochemical test (FIT), uses antibodies to detect blood in stool. This blood is an early warning sign of colon cancer, and those who test positive are urged to undergo a ...

The purpose of the instructional guides is to: Increase the proportion of patients who return their fecal immunochemical test to the HHS laboratory staff. Increase the proportion of patients who ...

researchers examined the effect of having a follow-up colonoscopy after a positive fecal immunochemical test for cancer markers. Based on data from more than 595,000 patients, they found that ...

Intervention participants were more likely to complete screening and to have detection of advanced colorectal neoplasia.

25 in JAMA Network Open. The kit, a fecal immunochemical test (FIT), uses antibodies to detect blood in stool. This blood is an early warning sign of colon cancer, and those who test positive are ...

Half of the study participants were mailed screening outreach materials, including an at-home fecal immunochemical testing kit with instructions and return postage, in addition to receiving ...

About 30% of patients mailed a free stool test kit completed their screening within six months, compared with about 10% of those who weren’t sent a kit, researchers reported Nov. 25 in JAMA Network ...