Open AccessBlood-Based Screening for Colon Cancer
Author(s) -
Ravi B. Parikh,
Vinay Prasad
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
jama
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688
H-Index - 680
eISSN - 1538-3598
pISSN - 0098-7484
DOI - 10.1001/jama.2016.7914
Subject(s) - medicine , colorectal cancer , blood cancer , oncology , cancer , clinical practice , medical physics , gynecology , family medicine
This Viewpoint discusses the basis for the FDA’s 2016 approval of the blood-based septin 9 gene (SEPT9) assay as a screening test for colon cancer and concerns about its accuracy and use in clinical practice.
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