Seasonal variations do not affect the superiority of fecal immunochemical tests over guaiac tests for colorectal cancer screening

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 136, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1827-1834

  Chausserie, Sébastien ^a,b,c,d   Levillain, Romuald ^e   Puvinel, Josette ^f   Ferrand, Olivier ^g   Ruiz, Angela ^e   Raginel, Thibaut ^a,b,c,d   Lantieri, Olivier ^e   Launoy, Guy ^a,b,c,d   Guittet, Lydia ^a,b,c,d  

^a CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NORMANDIE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^d CENTRE FRANÇOIS BACLESSE   (France)

^e Centre de Lecture des Tests de Recherche de Sang dans les Selles   (France)

^f Association Bourbonnaise Interdépartementale de Dépistage des Cancers ABIDEC   (France)

^g Action de Dépistage Organisé des Cancers 18   (France)

Author keywords

Colorectal neoplasms; Comparative study; Early detection of cancer; Immunochemistry methods; Occult blood; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

GUAIAC; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GUAIAC TEST; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WINTER; CHEMISTRY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC USE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FECES; IMMUNOASSAY; MASS SCREENING; OCCULT BLOOD; PROCEDURES; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEASON; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FECES; FEMALE; GUAIAC; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; ROC CURVE; SEASONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84922623443     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.29187     Document Type: Article

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