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Selecting a Cut-off for Colorectal Cancer Screening With a Fecal Immunochemical Test

OBJECTIVES: Fecal immunochemical tests (FITs) for hemoglobin (Hb) are increasingly used for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. However, cut-offs for defining test positivity are varying widely. We aimed to evaluate the impact of cut-off selection on key indicators of diagnostic performance in a true...

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Autores principales: Brenner, Hermann, Werner, Simone
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5587839/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28771240
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ctg.2017.37