Examination of Immunological Fecal Occult Blood Tests and Endoscopic Findings

• Published in: Official Journal of the Japanese Society of Human Dry Dock Vol. 17; no. 3; pp. 327 - 332
• Main Authors: Sumiyoshi, Kenichi, Yamada, Naoko, Nakaoka, Katsuhiro, Kane, Teruyuki, Yamamoto, Akira, Nomura, Takeshi, Yamazaki, Tokio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: JAPAN SOCIETY OF NINGEN DOCK 20.12.2002; 公益社団法人 日本人間ドック学会
• Subjects: endoscopic findings; immunological fecal occult blood test; incidence of cancer; rate at which endoscopic findings were found; 免疫学的便潜血反応; 内視鏡所見; 有所見率; 癌発見率
• ISSN: 0914-0328; 2186-5019
• DOI: 10.11320/ningendock1986.17.327

We clarified endoscopic findings in subjects with positive fecal occult blood tests. [Methods]Endoscopic findings for several sites were investigated with respect to the number of positive tests and examination procedures. [Results] 1. Lesions in the right side colon increased with the number of positive tests. Furthermore, the rate at which endoscopic findings were found at each site increased with the number of positive tests.2. The incidences of polyps and cancer increased with the number of positive tests.3. Wi th respect to examination procedures, lesions in the right side colon increased with the number of stool occult blood tests-positive patients. [Conclusion]The rate at which cancer was detected was high in patients who underwent examinations several times and in those with several positive tests.