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SUBMITTER: Koscielniak-Merak B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6208834 | biostudies-other | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Kościelniak-Merak Barbara B Radosavljević Branimir B Zając Andrzej A Tomasik Przemysław J PJ
Journal of gastrointestinal cancer 20181201 4
<h4>Background</h4>Early detection of colorectal cancer decreases the risk of mortality. Faecal occult blood tests (FOBT) are recognised as a useful tool for colorectal cancer screening. These non-invasive, rapid, and easy-to-carry assays are very often used as a point-of-care test and for self-testing. On the market, there are various types of FOB tests available, including chemical and immunochromatographic tests, which are based on different detection methods and differ in their sensitivity a ...[more]