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Gastroscopy after positive screening for faecal immunochemical tests and colonoscopy: A systematic review.

Lina ChoeJerrald LauLarry Teck-Seng YipGuowei KimKer Kan Tan
Published in: PloS one (2023)
There is little overall evidence to recommend UGI screening for all FIT-positive patients following a colonoscopy. However, there may be a role for clinicians to consider opportunistic OGD in this group of patients. Future research should examine patient populations from other sociocultural contexts including cost-effective analysis when considering changes in health guidelines on UGI screening.
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