Fecal occult blood testing in colorectal cancer screening programs [PDF]
Исследования и практика в медицине, 2022 Colorectal carcinoma (CRC) is the third most common cancer worldwide and ranks second as a cause of cancer mortality. CRC screening is carried out in many countries for detection early-stage CRC and its prevention by removing precancerous lesions, and ...
N. V. Severskaya +4 more
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Immediate postoperative urine dipstick occult blood positivity: a simple and early indicator of high-risk acute kidney injury after on-pump cardiac surgery [PDF]
BMC NephrologyBackground We evaluated whether immediate postoperative urine dipstick occult blood after on-pump cardiac surgery could serve as an early indicator of high-risk cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury (CSA-AKI).
Han Zhang +11 more
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Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug-induced colopathy: An uncommon cause of positive immunochemical faecal occult blood test in the program for colorectal cancer screening [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2021 Introduction. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug-induced colopathy is an uncommon condition associated with the long-term use of enteric-coated and slow-release nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
Smolović Brigita +3 more
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PARASITOLOGICAL STUDIES AMONG EGYPTIAN PATIENTS ATTENDED DIAGNOSTIC & RESEARCH UNIT OF PARASITIC DISEASES, KASR AL-AINY TEACHING HOSPITALS: A FIVE-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE STUDY [PDF]
Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 2022 This is a retrospective study on recorded parasitic infections for in- and outpatients attended Diagnostic& Research Unit of Parasitology, Medical Parasitology Department, Kasr Al-AinyTeaching Hospitals from 2017 to 2021.
MARWA ZEIN +4 more
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Should Colorectal Cancer Screening in Portugal Start at the Age of 45 Years? A Cost-Utility Analysis
GE: Portuguese Journal of Gastroenterology, 2021 Background and Objective: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common cancers in Europe. Recently, new data from the USA and Europe revealed an increase in the incidence of CRC in individuals aged <55 years and a reduction in those aged > ...
Pedro Currais +5 more
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2021 Objective: The diagnostic efficiency of the quantitative fecal immunochemical test (qFIT) has large variations in colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. We aimed to explore whether the practical sample collection operant training could improve the diagnostic
Ru-chen Zhou +30 more
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The Use of M2-Pyruvate Kinase as a Stool Biomarker for Detection of Colorectal Cancer in Tertiary Teaching Hospital: A Comparative Study [PDF]
Annals of Coloproctology, 2020 Purpose Guaiac fecal occult blood test (gFOBT) has been the standard for colorectal screening but it has low sensitivity and specificity. This study evaluated the use of fecal tumor M2-pyruvate kinase (M2-PK) for detection of colorectal cancer and to ...
Shahidah Che Alhadi +7 more
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