Influence of sample return time and ambient temperature on the performance of an immunochemical faecal occult blood test with a new buffer for colorectal cancer screening

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 109-114

  Dancourt, Vincent ^a,b   Hamza, Samia ^a   Manfredi, Sylvain ^a   Drouillard, Antoine ^a   Bidan, Jeanne Marie ^c   Faivre, Jean ^a   Lepage, Come ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b ADECA 21 58 ^*  (France)

^c Laboratoire du CES de la CPAM Dijon   (France)

Author keywords

colorectal cancer; faecal immunochemical test; sample stability; screening

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; HEMOGLOBIN; DIAGNOSTIC KIT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FECAL IMMUNOCHEMICAL TEST; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADENOMA; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; SEASON; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STANDARDS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTOR;

ADENOMA; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OCCULT BLOOD; PROGNOSIS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SEASONS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84974588482     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: 14735709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CEJ.0000000000000153     Document Type: Article

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