Comparison of a guaiac and an immunochemical faecal occult blood test for the detection of colonic lesions according to lesion type and location

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1230-1235

  Guittet, L ^a   Bouvier, V ^a,b   Mariotte, N ^c   Vallee, J P ^b   Levillain, R ^c   Tichet, J ^c   Launoy, G ^a  

^a CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Association Mathilde   (France)

^c Institut Inter Regional Pour la Sante   (France)

Author keywords

Colorectal neoplasms; Faeces chemistry; Guaiac; Mass screening; Occult blood; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CALCULATION; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GUAIAC FECAL OCCULT BLOOD TEST; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMICAL FECAL OCCULT BLOOD TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM CANCER; SAMPLE;

ADENOMA; AGED; COLONIC DISEASES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FECES; FEMALE; FRANCE; GUAIAC; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; OCCULT BLOOD; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 64949094661     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604996     Document Type: Article

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