'Low' faecal immunochemical test (FIT) colorectal cancer: a 4-year comparison of the Nottingham '4F' protocol with FIT10 in symptomatic patients.

James A Bailey Alastair James MortonJ JonesC J ChapmanS OliverJ R MorlingH PatelDavid J Humes Ayan Banerjea

Published in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2024)

A combination of FIT with blood results and DRE (the 4F protocol) reduced the risk of missed or delayed diagnosis. Further studies on the impact of such protocols on the diagnostic accuracy of FIT are expected. The value of adding blood tests to FIT may be restricted to specific parts of the fHb results spectrum.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
randomized controlled trial
chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
peritoneal dialysis
case control
patient reported
clinical evaluation