Prospective cross-sectional study on faecal immunochemical tests: sex specific cut-off values to obtain equal sensitivity for colorectal cancer?

BACKGROUND: Faecal immunochemical tests (FITs) are commonly used in colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. Diagnostic accuracy of FIT differs between males and females. This so far unexplained difference could result in a dissimilarity in screening outcome between both sexes. The aim of this study is to...

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Autores principales: van Turenhout, Sietze T, Oort, Frank A, van der Hulst, René WM, Visscher, Arjen P, Terhaar sive Droste, Jochim S, Scholten, Pieter, Bouman, Anneke A, Meijer, Gerrit A, Mulder, Chris JJ, van Rossum, Leo GM, Coupé, Veerle MH
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4302436/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25528043
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12876-014-0217-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4302436/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25528043
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12876-014-0217-7

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