Adding family history to faecal immunochemical testing increases the detection of advanced neoplasia in a colorectal cancer screening programme.
F G J KallenbergJ L A VleugelsT R de WijkersloothI StegemanE M StoopM E van LeerdamE J KuipersPatrick M M BossuytE DekkerPublished in: Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics (2016)
Offering colonoscopy to those with a positive FIT or CRC family history increases the yield of a FIT-based screening programme. Depending on the number of negative colonoscopies one accepts, this combined approach can be considered for improving CRC screening.