Superior diagnostic performance of faecal immunochemical tests for haemoglobin in a head-to-head comparison with guaiac based faecal occult blood test among 2235 participants of screening colonoscopy

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 49, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 3049-3054

  Brenner, Hermann ^a   Tao, Sha ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Faecal occult blood test; Immunochemical; Screening; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

GUAIAC; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COLORECTAL CANCER; FAECAL OCCULT BLOOD TEST; IMMUNOCHEMICAL; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY; SPECIFICITY;

AGED; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FECES; FEMALE; GUAIAC; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84883051225     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2013.04.023     Document Type: Article

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