Immunochemical faecal occult blood testing to screen for colorectal cancer: Can the screening interval be extended?

Objective: Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening programmes based on faecal immunochemical testing for haemoglobin (FIT) typically use a screening interval of 2 years. We aimed to estimate how alternative FIT strategies that use a lower than usual positivity threshold followed by a longer screening inte...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Haug, U., Grobbee, E., Lansdorp-Vogelaar, Iris, Spaander, M., Kuipers, E.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/50176