Increased uptake and improved outcomes of bowel cancer screening with a faecal immunochemical test: results from a pilot study within the national screening programme in England

• Published in: Gut Vol. 66; no. 9; pp. 1631 - 1644
• Main Authors: Moss, Sue, Mathews, Christopher, Day, T J, Smith, Steve, Seaman, Helen E, Snowball, Julia, Halloran, Stephen P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 01.09.2017
• Subjects: Aged; Automation; Blood tests; Cancer screening; Clinical outcomes; Colon; Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer; Colorectal Neoplasms - diagnosis; Colorectal Neoplasms - epidemiology; Colorectal Neoplasms - pathology; Early Detection of Cancer - methods; Early Detection of Cancer - standards; England - epidemiology; Feasibility studies; Feces; Female; Guaiac - pharmacology; Health services; Hemoglobin; Hemoglobins - analysis; Humans; Immunochemistry - methods; Intestine; Male; Mammography; Medical screening; Mens health; Middle Aged; Occult Blood; Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care); Patient Participation - statistics & numerical data; Pilot Projects; Population; Primary care; Quality Improvement; Tumors; Women; United Kingdom > UK; England; EPIDEMIOLOGY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASIA; COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING

BackgroundThe National Health Service Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP) in England uses a guaiac-based faecal occult blood test (gFOBt). A quantitative faecal immunochemical test (FIT) for haemoglobin (Hb) has many advantages, including being specific for human blood, detecting Hb at a much lo...