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SUBMITTER: Bujanda L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3950875 | biostudies-other | 2014 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Bujanda L L Sarasqueta C C Lanas Á Á Quintero E E Cubiella J J Hernandez V V Morillas J D JD Perez-Fernández T T Salas D D Andreu M M Carballo F F Bessa X X Portillo I I Jover R R Balaguer F F Cosme A A Castells A A
British journal of cancer 20140204 5
<h4>Background</h4>We aimed to evaluate whether oral anticoagulants (OACs) alter faecal immunochemical test (FIT) performance in average-risk colorectal cancer (CRC) screening.<h4>Methods</h4>Individuals aged 50-69 years were invited to receive one FIT sample (cutoff 75 ng ml(-1)) between November 2008 and June 2011.<h4>Results</h4>Faecal immunochemical test was positive in 9.3% (21 out of 224) of users of OAC and 6.2% (365 out of 5821) of non-users (P-trend=0.07). The positive predictive value ...[more]