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SUBMITTER: Niedermaier T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5802681 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
United European gastroenterology journal 20171009 1
<h4>Background</h4>Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a common but largely preventable cancer. Although fecal immunochemical tests (FITs) detect the majority of CRCs, they miss some of the cancers and most advanced adenomas (AAs). The potential of blood tests in complementing FITs for the detection of CRC or AA has not yet been systematically investigated.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a systematic review of performance of FIT combined with an additional blood test for CRC and AA detection versus FIT alon ...[more]