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Colorectal cancer screening programme: is the French faecal immunological test (FIT) threshold optimal?

BACKGROUND: In France, the colorectal cancer organised screening programme uses the faecal immunological test. A positive test ⩾30 μg Hb/g of stool leads to a colonoscopy for identification of potential colorectal lesions. Cut-off values vary from 20 to 47 μg Hb/g of stool in Western countries. We h...

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Autores principales: Pellat, Anna, Deyra, Jacques, Husson, Marie, Benamouzig, Robert, Coriat, Romain, Chaussade, Stanislas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8111528/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33995581
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17562848211009716