Colorectal neoplasia causes bleeding, enabling detection using Faecal Occult Blood tests (FOBt). The National Health Service (NHS) Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP) guaiac-based FOBt (gFOBt) ...

We investigated variations in sensitivity of an immunochemical (I-FOBT) and a guaiac (G-FOBT) faecal occult blood test according to type and location of lesions in an average-risk 50- to 74-year-old ...

Background: Abdominal complaints are common reasons for contacting primary care physicians, and it can be challenging for general practitioners (GPs) to identify patients with suspected colorectal ...

In the UK, compliance with conventional faecal occult blood (FOB) tests such as HaemoccultR is about 50% in the general population. It has been postulated that characteristics of the performance of ...

What are the current uptake rates for bowel cancer screening and how do they vary across the UK? The most recent complete data for England (2014/15) shows an average uptake of the guaiac Faecal Occult ...

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This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Immunochemical faecal occult blood tests (iFOBTs) have been shown to have higher sensitivity to detect colorectal cancer (CRC) and its ...

QUEENSLANDERS aged 50 and over are being urged to screen for bowel cancer, with the launch of the state’s first ever TV campaign promoting the check. Developed by Cancer Council with funding from the ...

While screening for colorectal cancer did not, so far, reduce mortality, it did reduce the need for chemotherapy and emergency surgeries among male patients. Colorectal cancer is the third most common ...

Dear Dr. Gott: I am a 78-year-old woman in good health. Recent laboratory blood tests were normal. However, during a routine faecal occult test, blood was found in all three slides. I followed the ...