The comparative cost-effectiveness of colorectal cancer screening using faecal immunochemical test vs. colonoscopy

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 5; no. 1; p. 13568
• Main Authors: Wong, Martin CS, Ching, Jessica YL, Chan, Victor CW, Sung, Joseph JY
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 04.09.2015; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 692/308/575; 692/699/1503/1504; Adenoma; Adult; Blood Proteins - analysis; Cancer screening; China - epidemiology; Colon; Colonoscopy; Colonoscopy - economics; Colorectal cancer; Colorectal carcinoma; Colorectal Neoplasms - diagnosis; Colorectal Neoplasms - economics; Colorectal Neoplasms - epidemiology; Cost analysis; Cost-Benefit Analysis - economics; Cost-Benefit Analysis - methods; Early Detection of Cancer - economics; Feces - chemistry; Female; Health Care Costs - statistics & numerical data; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Lesions; Male; Medical screening; Middle Aged; Models, Econometric; multidisciplinary; Occult Blood; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Tumors; China; United States > US

Faecal immunochemical tests (FITs) and colonoscopy are two common screening tools for colorectal cancer(CRC). Most cost-effectiveness studies focused on survival as the outcome and were based on modeling techniques instead of real world observational data. This study evaluated the cost-effectiveness...