‘Low’ faecal immunochemical test (FIT) colorectal cancer: a 4‐year comparison of the Nottingham ‘4F’ protocol with FIT10 in symptomatic patients
J. A. Bailey,
A. J. Morton,
J. Jones
et al.
Abstract:AimThe aim of this work was to evaluate colorectal cancer (CRC) outcomes after ‘low’ (sub‐threshold) faecal immunochemical test (FIT) results in symptomatic patients tested in primary care.MethodThis work comprised a retrospective audit of 35 289 patients with FIT results who had consulted their general practitioner with lower gastrointestinal symptoms and had subsequent CRC diagnoses.The Rapid Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis pathway was introduced in November 2017 to allow incorporation of FIT into clinical pract… Show more
Set email alert for when this publication receives citations?
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.