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Association between tear and blood glucose concentrations: Random intercept model adjusted with confounders in tear samples negative for occult blood

Journal of Diabetes Investigation, 2020
To prevent diabetic complications, strict glucose control and frequent monitoring of blood glucose levels with invasive methods are necessary. We considered the monitoring of tear glucose levels might be a possible method for non‐invasive glucose ...
Masakazu Aihara, N. Kubota, Takahiro Minami, R. Shirakawa, Yoshitaka Sakurai, Takanori Hayashi, Masahiko Iwamoto, Iseki Takamoto, Tetsuya Kubota, R. Suzuki, Satoshi Usami, H. Jinnouchi, M. Aihara, T. Yamauchi, T. Sakata, T. Kadowaki   +15 more
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Colorectal cancer testing rates after implementation of an organised screening programme in Vaud, Switzerland

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2023
AIMS OF THE STUDY: Canton Vaud, Switzerland, implemented an organised colorectal cancer  screening programme with colonoscopy and faecal occult blood tests in 2015, 4 to 6 years ahead of neighbouring cantons.
Christina Hempel-Bruder, Lamprini Syrogiannouli, Rémi Schneider, Sarah Bissig, Oliver Senn, Kali Tal, Jean-Luc Bulliard, Cyril Ducros, Christian P. R. Schmid, Reto Auer, Kevin Selby   +10 more
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Risk for Colorectal Cancer in Patients with Serially Positive Fecal Immunochemistry Test in an Annual Screening Program

Journal of the Anus, Rectum and Colon, 2021
Objectives: There are patients who do not undergo colonoscopy even if the fecal immunochemistry test (FIT) results are positive and even with repeated positive test results the following year.
Takuji Kawamura, Kana Amamiya, Naonori Inoue, Naokuni Sakiyama, Yusuke Okada, Kasumi Sanada, Mai Kamaguchi, Kenichi Nishioji, Kiyohito Tanaka, Koji Uno, Kenjiro Yasuda   +10 more
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Use of faecal immunochemical tests common in patients with suspected colorectal cancer but unrelated to travel distance to secondary care: a population-based study from Swedish primary care

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2022
Background Evidence is increasing for the use of faecal immunochemical tests (FITs) for occult blood as diagnostic tools when colorectal cancer can be suspected.
Cecilia Högberg, Olof Cronberg, Hans Thulesius, Mikael Lilja, Stefan Jansson, Ulf Gunnarsson   +5 more
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Fecal occult blood and fecal calprotectin as point-of-care markers of intestinal morbidity in Ugandan children with Schistosoma mansoni infection. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Calprotectin is a calcium-binding cytoplasmic protein found in neutrophils and increasingly used as a marker of bowel inflammation. Fecal occult blood (FOB) is also a dependable indicator of bowel morbidity.
Stothard J. Russell, Kabatereine, N B, Bustinduy, Amaya L, Bustinduy, A L, Kabatereine, N, Fenwick Alan, Alan Fenwick, Betson Martha, LSHTM, Amaya L Bustinduy, Stothard, Russell; id_orcid, Narcis Kabatereine, J Russell Stothard, Ministry of Health, Uganda, Moses Adriko, Sousa-Figueiredo José C., Stothard, J Russell, Kabatereine, Narcis, Kabatereine Narcis, Betson, M, Liverpool, Bustinduy Amaya L., Betson, Martha, Adriko, M, Stothard, JR, Stothard, J R, Fenwick, A, Bustinduy, Amaya L., Sousa-Figueiredo, J C, Adriko Moses, Imperial College London, Bustinduy, AL, Sousa-Figueiredo, José C., Sousa-Figueiredo, JC, Sousa-Figueiredo, Jose C, Martha Betson, Adriko, Moses, José C Sousa-Figueiredo, Fenwick, Alan   +38 more
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Occult hepatitis C virus infection in volunteer blood donors in Shaanxi province [PDF]

, 2022
Objective To investigate the prevalence of occult hepatitis C virus infection (OCI) in Shaanxi blood donors and characterize the occult hepatitis C virus in this cohort.
Xiaohua ZHAO, Hua XU, Chen HE, Yan GUO, Guoquan ZHANG, Jin LI, Yong DUAN, Wen WANG   +7 more
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Risk of Diabetes in Subjects with Positive Fecal Immunochemical Test: A Nationwide Population-Based Study [PDF]

Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2021
Background Positive fecal immunochemical test (FIT) results have been recently suggested as a risk factor for systemic inflammation. Diabetes induces inflammation in the gastrointestinal tract via several ways. We investigated the association between FIT
Kwang Woo Kim, Hyun Jung Lee, Kyungdo Han, Jung Min Moon, Seung Wook Hong, Eun Ae Kang, Jooyoung Lee, Hosim Soh, Seong-Joon Koh, Jong Pil Im, Joo Sung Kim   +10 more
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Performance Evaluation of SENTiFIT 270 and FOB Gold Reagent for Detecting Fecal Occult Blood

Annals of Clinical Microbiology, 2019
Background: Fecal occult blood tests have been widely used to screen for colorectal cancer. SENTiFIT 270 (Sentinel diagnostics, Italy) is a fecal occult blood test with an immunochemical method that utilizes FOB Gold reagents.
Da Young Kang, Dokyun Kim, Keonhan Kim, In-Ho Jang, Seok Hoon Jeong   +4 more
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of colorectal cancer screening with stool DNA testing in intermediate-incidence countries [PDF]

, 2006
Background: The aim of this study is to compare the cost-effectiveness of screening with stool DNA testing with that of screening with other tools (annual fecal occult blood testing, flexible sigmoidoscopy every 5 years, and colonoscopy every 10 years ...
Chen, Tony, Hsin-Chih Lai, Lai, Hsin-Chih, Jane Warwick, Grace Hui-Min Wu, Warwick, Jane, Jau-Min Wong, Wu, Grace, Amy Ming-Fang Yen, Tony Hsiu-Hsi Chen, Yi-Ming Wang, Yen, Amy, Wang, Yi-Ming, Wong, Jau-Min   +13 more
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Novel Toilet Paper–Based Point-Of-Care Test for the Rapid Detection of Fecal Occult Blood: Instrument Validation Study

Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2020
BackgroundColorectal cancer screening by fecal occult blood testing has been an important public health test and shown to reduce colorectal cancer–related mortality. However, the low participation rate in colorectal cancer screening by the general public
Wang, Hsin-Yao, Lin, Ting-Wei, Chiu, Sherry Yueh-Hsia, Lin, Wan-Ying, Huang, Song-Bin, Hsieh, Jason Chia-Hsun, Chen, Hsieh Cheng, Lu, Jang-Jih, Wu, Min-Hsien   +8 more
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