Noninvasive surveillance with multitarget stool DNA testing or fecal immunochemical testing (FIT) could potentially match colonoscopy for reducing long-term colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and ...

Among nearly 25 million privately insured adults, significant shifts in colorectal cancer (CRC) screening practices were identified after the onset of COVID-19. 1 Between 2017 and 2024, colonoscopy ...

Dr. Sterling Bennett, the Medical Director of Intermountain Healthcare's Central lab is here to explain the Fecal Immunochemical Test (FIT). A Fecal Immunochemical Test is meant to detect blood in a ...

Colorectal cancer continues to be one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. However, recent advancements in medical screening have brought new hope in the fight against this deadly ...

In DID analysis, the rate of incidence was reduced by 0.34 cases per person-years in the screening group as compared with the historical FIT screening group (rate ratio [RR], 0.08 [95% CI, 0.07 to ...

Commercial FITs can match NG-MSDT diagnostic results for CRC by lowering the positivity threshold, enhancing sensitivity while maintaining specificity. FITs are accessible, noninvasive CRC screening ...

Fecal immunochemical testing and fecal calprotectin effectively predict mucosal healing in patients with ulcerative colitis, although a fecal immunochemical test appears to have superior sensitivity ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a prospective study, researchers enrolled 457 asymptomatic participants (mean age 61.4 years; 75% women) from ...

Not so very long ago, colonoscopy was the gold standard for colon cancer screening. But times are a-changing. Last month when I went in for a checkup, my primary care doctor handed me a FIT test, a ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The novel multitarget stool RNA test (ColoSense) showed high sensitivity for detecting colorectal neoplasia among adults ages 45 and older, according to the phase III ...

The fecal immunochemical test (FIT) is highly effective for annual colorectal cancer screening programs for average-risk patients, according to results of a study published online January 26 in the ...

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of death among men and women in the USA. Encouragingly, the reported death rates from CRC in the USA have dropped by 46%, and screening has had an important ...