Attitudes towards the Faecal Occult Blood Test (FOBT) versus the Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) for colorectal cancer screening: Perceived ease of completion and disgust

BMC Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Chambers, Julie A ^a   Callander, Alana S ^a   Grangeret, Rebecca ^a   O'Carroll, Ronan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Disgust; Faecal immunochemical test (FIT); Faecal occult blood test (FOBT); Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISGUST; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL STATUS; BLOOD; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; FECES; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SCOTLAND; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; SCOTLAND;

EID: 84957619023     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12885-016-2133-4     Document Type: Article

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