Faecal immunochemical tests (FIT) can help to rule out colorectal cancer in patients presenting in primary care with lower abdominal symptoms: a systematic review conducted to inform new NICE DG30 diagnostic guidance

Marie Westwood; Shona Lang; Nigel Armstrong; Sietze van Turenhout; Joaquin Cubiella; Lisa Stirk; Isaac Corro Ramos; Marianne Luyendijk; Remziye Zaim; Jos Kleijnen; Callum G. Fraser

doi:10.1186/s12916-017-0944-z

Faecal immunochemical tests (FIT) can help to rule out colorectal cancer in patients presenting in primary care with lower abdominal symptoms: a systematic review conducted to inform new NICE DG30 diagnostic guidance

Marie Westwood^*, Shona Lang, Nigel Armstrong, Sietze van Turenhout, Joaquin Cubiella, Lisa Stirk, Isaac Corro Ramos, Marianne Luyendijk, Remziye Zaim, Jos Kleijnen, Callum G. Fraser

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Original language	English
Article number	189
Number of pages	17
Journal	BMC Medicine
Volume	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-017-0944-z
Publication status	Published - 24 Oct 2017

Keywords

OCCULT BLOOD-TESTS
HEMOGLOBIN CONCENTRATIONS
COLONOSCOPY
ACCURACY
SENSITIVITY
NEOPLASIA
METAANALYSIS
SPECIFICITY
DISEASE
QUALITY

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Westwood, M., Lang, S., Armstrong, N., van Turenhout, S., Cubiella, J., Stirk, L., Ramos, I. C., Luyendijk, M., Zaim, R., Kleijnen, J., & Fraser, C. G. (2017). Faecal immunochemical tests (FIT) can help to rule out colorectal cancer in patients presenting in primary care with lower abdominal symptoms: a systematic review conducted to inform new NICE DG30 diagnostic guidance. BMC Medicine, 15, [189]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-017-0944-z

Westwood, Marie ; Lang, Shona ; Armstrong, Nigel ; van Turenhout, Sietze ; Cubiella, Joaquin ; Stirk, Lisa ; Ramos, Isaac Corro ; Luyendijk, Marianne ; Zaim, Remziye ; Kleijnen, Jos ; Fraser, Callum G. / Faecal immunochemical tests (FIT) can help to rule out colorectal cancer in patients presenting in primary care with lower abdominal symptoms : a systematic review conducted to inform new NICE DG30 diagnostic guidance. In: BMC Medicine. 2017 ; Vol. 15.

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Westwood M, Lang S, Armstrong N, van Turenhout S, Cubiella J, Stirk L et al. Faecal immunochemical tests (FIT) can help to rule out colorectal cancer in patients presenting in primary care with lower abdominal symptoms: a systematic review conducted to inform new NICE DG30 diagnostic guidance. BMC Medicine. 2017 Oct 24;15. 189. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-017-0944-z