Background: Current guidelines for screening of colorectal cancer do not offer specific recommendations for cessation of antithrombotic agents prior to fecal occult blood test (FOBT). Aim: To asess ...

What Is a Fecal Occult Blood Test? The fecal occult blood test (FOBT) looks for the presence of blood in the feces, which may be a sign of a problem in your digestive system. The amount of blood in ...

Screening by faecal occult blood testing (FOBT) has been shown to be effective in reducing colorectal cancer (CRC) mortality (Mandel et al, 1993; Selby et al, 1993; Saito et al, 1995; Hardcastle et al ...

A man aged 52 years has a positive fecal occult blood test (FOBT) just two years out from a normal colonoscopy screening. He has no GI symptoms, does not take aspirin or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory ...

The article of Nakajima et al (2003) in the Journal addresses a problem of major public health importance, concluding that screening programme with immunochemical faecal occult blood test (FOBT) can ...

When patients of the Harris Health System have a positive FIT result, they are referred to a gastroenterologist for a colonoscopy. To help patients understand how to properly prepare for the procedure ...

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The results of this meta-analysis suggest that ASA decreases the PPV of g-FOBT but not that of i-FOBT for detecting significant colonic neoplasia. In contrast, warfarin appears to increase the PPV of ...