Diagnostic accuracy of immunochemical versus guaiac faecal occult blood tests for colorectal cancer screening

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 703-712

  Parra Blanco, Adolfo ^a   Gimeno García, Antonio Z ^a   Quintero, Enrique ^a   Nicolás, David ^a   Moreno, Santiago G ^b   Jiménez, Alejandro ^a   Hernández Guerra, Manuel ^a   Carrillo Palau, Marta ^a   Eishi, Yoshinobu ^c   López Bastida, Julio ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^b Canary Islands University Hospital   (Spain)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Average risk population; Colorectal cancer screening; Immunochemical faecal occult blood test

Indexed keywords

GUAIAC; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GUAIAC; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77955653150     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-010-0214-8     Document Type: Article

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