Different seasons with decreased performance of immunochemical faecal occult blood tests in colorectal cancer screening

Gut

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1303-1304

  Van Rossum, Leo G M ^a   Van Oijen, Martijn G H ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTUMN; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; FECES ANALYSIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; NETHERLANDS; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; WINTER;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OCCULT BLOOD; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 80051547617     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2010.223412     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Grazzini G, Ventura L, Zappa M, et al. Influence of seasonal variations in ambient temperatures on performance of immunochemical faecal occult blood test for colorectal cancer screening: observational study from the Florence district. Gut 2010;59:1511-15.
2. van Rossum LG, van Rijn AF, van Oijen MG, et al. False negative fecal occult blood tests due to delayed sample return in colorectal cancer screening. Int J Cancer 2009;125:746-50.