Feasibility and performance of the fecal immunochemical test (FIT) for average-risk colorectal cancer screening in Nigeria.
Gregory C KnappOlusegun AlatiseBolatito OlopadeMarguerite SamsonOlalekan OlasehindeFunmilola WuraolaOluwole O OdujokoAkinwunmi O KomolafeOlujide O ArijePhilip E CastleJ Joshua SmithMartin R WeiserT Peter KinghamPublished in: PloS one (2021)
Asymptomatic, FIT-based CRC screening was feasible and well tolerated in this exploratory analysis. However, the high FIT positivity and low positive predictive value for advanced neoplasia raises concerns about its practicality and cost effectiveness in a low-resource setting such as Nigeria.
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