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A Scoring Method to Prioritize Fecal Occult Blood Testing as a First Step in Colorectal Cancer Screening in Resource-Limited Settings
This study aims to develop a scoring method that can be used by primary care physicians from remote areas or resource-limited settings to estimate the need for fecal occult blood testing (FOBT) as a first step in colorectal cancer screening. This method relies on several modifiable risk factors that...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10417455/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37568919 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13152556 |
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author | Bărbulescu, Linda-Nicoleta Rădulescu, Virginia-Maria Mogoantă, Stelian-Ștefăniță Bărbulescu, Lucian-Florentin Kamal, Constantin Radu, Mirela Cismaru, Liana |
author_facet | Bărbulescu, Linda-Nicoleta Rădulescu, Virginia-Maria Mogoantă, Stelian-Ștefăniță Bărbulescu, Lucian-Florentin Kamal, Constantin Radu, Mirela Cismaru, Liana |
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description | This study aims to develop a scoring method that can be used by primary care physicians from remote areas or resource-limited settings to estimate the need for fecal occult blood testing (FOBT) as a first step in colorectal cancer screening. This method relies on several modifiable risk factors that can influence a positive FOBT, an indication of the presence of colorectal polyps, or even colorectal cancer. The scoring method considers, besides the age and gender of the patient, the body mass index (BMI), smoking status, and the diagnoses of diabetes mellitus (type 2 diabetes), dyslipidemia, and hypertension. It does not need any paraclinical exams, which is an advantage when access or material resources are limited. The retrospective study was spread over forty-three months, respectively, from October 2019 to April 2023, and included 112 patients. The score that we designed is a numerical value between 0 and 7. The values between 0 and 3 represent a smaller risk of a positive FOBT (9.68%), values 4 and 5 represent a medium risk (14.75%), while values 6 and 7 represent a greater risk (40%). Using this score, a physician can determine if a patient has a greater risk and recommend it to prioritize taking a FOB test. |
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spelling | pubmed-104174552023-08-12 A Scoring Method to Prioritize Fecal Occult Blood Testing as a First Step in Colorectal Cancer Screening in Resource-Limited Settings Bărbulescu, Linda-Nicoleta Rădulescu, Virginia-Maria Mogoantă, Stelian-Ștefăniță Bărbulescu, Lucian-Florentin Kamal, Constantin Radu, Mirela Cismaru, Liana Diagnostics (Basel) Article This study aims to develop a scoring method that can be used by primary care physicians from remote areas or resource-limited settings to estimate the need for fecal occult blood testing (FOBT) as a first step in colorectal cancer screening. This method relies on several modifiable risk factors that can influence a positive FOBT, an indication of the presence of colorectal polyps, or even colorectal cancer. The scoring method considers, besides the age and gender of the patient, the body mass index (BMI), smoking status, and the diagnoses of diabetes mellitus (type 2 diabetes), dyslipidemia, and hypertension. It does not need any paraclinical exams, which is an advantage when access or material resources are limited. The retrospective study was spread over forty-three months, respectively, from October 2019 to April 2023, and included 112 patients. The score that we designed is a numerical value between 0 and 7. The values between 0 and 3 represent a smaller risk of a positive FOBT (9.68%), values 4 and 5 represent a medium risk (14.75%), while values 6 and 7 represent a greater risk (40%). Using this score, a physician can determine if a patient has a greater risk and recommend it to prioritize taking a FOB test. MDPI 2023-08-01 /pmc/articles/PMC10417455/ /pubmed/37568919 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13152556 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Bărbulescu, Linda-Nicoleta Rădulescu, Virginia-Maria Mogoantă, Stelian-Ștefăniță Bărbulescu, Lucian-Florentin Kamal, Constantin Radu, Mirela Cismaru, Liana A Scoring Method to Prioritize Fecal Occult Blood Testing as a First Step in Colorectal Cancer Screening in Resource-Limited Settings |
title | A Scoring Method to Prioritize Fecal Occult Blood Testing as a First Step in Colorectal Cancer Screening in Resource-Limited Settings |
title_full | A Scoring Method to Prioritize Fecal Occult Blood Testing as a First Step in Colorectal Cancer Screening in Resource-Limited Settings |
title_fullStr | A Scoring Method to Prioritize Fecal Occult Blood Testing as a First Step in Colorectal Cancer Screening in Resource-Limited Settings |
title_full_unstemmed | A Scoring Method to Prioritize Fecal Occult Blood Testing as a First Step in Colorectal Cancer Screening in Resource-Limited Settings |
title_short | A Scoring Method to Prioritize Fecal Occult Blood Testing as a First Step in Colorectal Cancer Screening in Resource-Limited Settings |
title_sort | scoring method to prioritize fecal occult blood testing as a first step in colorectal cancer screening in resource-limited settings |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10417455/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37568919 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13152556 |
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