Estimation of the optimal cut off point in a new immunological faecal occult blood test in a corporate colorectal cancer screening programme

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 66-71

  Itoh, Masato ^a   Takahashi, Ken ^b   Nishida, Hiroshi ^c   Sakagami, Kiyonobu ^c   Okubo, Toshiteru ^b  

^a PANASONIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c Matsushita Health Care Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Cut off point; Faecal occult blood test

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON POLYP; COLORECTAL TUMOR; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; JAPAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; COLONIC POLYPS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; JAPAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030345683     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096914139600300204     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. Mandel JS, Bond JH, Timothy RC, et al. Reducing mortality from colorectal cancer by screening for fecal occult blood. N Engl J Med 1993;328:1364-71.
2. Selby JV, Friedman GD, Quesenberry CP, et al. Effect of fecal occult blood testing on mortality from colorectal cancer. A case-control study. Ann Intern Med 1993;118:1-6.