Faecal calprotectin is not necessarily required as a screen for significant bowel disease in primary care.

Matthew Malcolm Andrew WaiteLouise LangmeadRuth M Ayling

Published in: Annals of clinical biochemistry (2021)

Use of FIT has become established to assist prioritisation of patients for referral from Primary Care. Whilst introduced specifically for CRC, FIT performs well as a rule out for IBD in Primary Care and the use of f-Cal is not required.

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