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Colorectal cancer diagnosis
scan, magnetic resonance imaging and laboratory blood tests). The doctor decides on the appropriate combination of these according to the...
Colorectal cancer screening
two types of physical examination: faecal occult blood test (abbreviated as FOBT) and screening colonoscopy. However, there are...
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Colorectal cancer screening
screening consists in regular faecal occult blood tests or screening colonoscopies. People aged over 50 years can decide between the...
Personalised invitations of Czech citizens to cancer screening programmes
by his/her GP or gynaecologist. Faecal occult blood test (FOBT) is an alternative examination method, and the client will receive it...
Bowel cancer screening test 'may be less accurate in summer'
looked at the 'immunochemical' faecal occult blood test (iFOBT). The test detects traces of blood in participants' stool samples,... cancer screening, immunological faecal occult blood test...
Serum marker offer alternative for colorectal cancer detection
of CRC screening is based around fecal occult blood testing (FOBT) or fecal immunochemical testing (FIT), with patients who test... test (FIT), immunological faecal occult blood test (iFOBT), colorectal...
Cancer screening rates lower among those with fatalistic attitudes
were tested against the rate of fecal occult blood testing. They found that men and women with higher socioeconomic status,...
Studies unpick why bowel cancers become resistant to treatment
explain why. Crucially, they also show that a blood test could be devised for use in clinical practice to detect the early signs of...
Bowel cancer patients diagnosed through screening more likely to survive
and in the lower part of the bowel. While the blood test – known as FOBt – has been shown to be effective, it is not...
Colorectal cancer screening works; ‘irrefutable’ evidence that fall in death rates is attributable to screening programmes
involves either a faecal occult blood test (FOBT), which checks a sample of faeces for hidden blood, or endoscopy, where... cancer screening, faecal occult blood test (FOBT), endoscopy, endoscopic...
The Czech Republic ranks among developed countries in cancer prevention
the clients can choose between the faecal occult blood test (FOBT) and the primary screening colonoscopy. According to expert estimates,... screening, screening colonoscopy, faecal occult blood test...
Faecal immunochemical test screening effective at 4 years
advantages over guaiac-based faecal occult blood tests for colorectal cancer (CRC) and has a sensitivity of 79% for a single use,... cancer screening, faecal occult blood test (FOBT), faecal immunochemical test...
Lifestyle choices condition colon and rectal cancer risk more than genetics
cases of colorectal cancer and 2,744 controls a blood test was performed to detect the genetic predisposition to develop colon and rectal...
Focus screening efforts to ‘save thousands of lives’ from digestive cancers, say experts
is more accurate than the current faecal occult blood test, with the potential to predict CRC before it develops rather than just detect...
CancerSEEK: Generalised screening for multiple cancer types
have developed a blood test based on combined analysis of DNA and proteins that may allow earlier... Joshua Cohen and his colleagues developed a blood test for cancer that assesses mutations in 16 cancer genes as well as the levels of... blood test, early detection, circulating protein markers, ovarian cancer, liver cancer,...
The IARC perspective on colorectal cancer screening
Benefit–harm ratio for stool-based occult blood tests 3 Endoscopic methods 3.1 Beneficial effects of... colonoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, guaiac faecal occult blood test (gFOBT), faecal immunochemical test (FIT), CT colonography, virtual...