False negative fecal occult blood tests due to delayed sample return in colorectal cancer screening

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 746-750

  Van Rossum, Leo G M ^a   Van Rijn, Anne F ^b   Van Oijen, Martijn G H ^a   Fockens, Paul ^b   Laheij, Robert J F ^a   Verbeek, Andre L M ^a   Jansen, Jan B M J ^a   Dekker, Evelien ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; False negative; Fecal occult blood test; Mass screening; Sample stability

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SAMPLING;

ADENOMA; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OCCULT BLOOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 67650095407     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.24458     Document Type: Article

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