Developing a prioritization model for endoscopy and colorectal cancer 2-week wait referrals during the COVID-19 pandemic—is faecal immunochemical testing the answer? | Zendy

N Habib Bedwani | Zendy; William English | Zendy; Sergio Coda | Zendy; Funmi Akinlade | Zendy; I Elzayat | Zendy; Edward Seward | Zendy; Bu Hayee | Zendy; Matthew Hanson | Zendy; Saswata Banerjee | Zendy

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Developing a prioritization model for endoscopy and colorectal cancer 2-week wait referrals during the COVID-19 pandemic—is faecal immunochemical testing the answer?

Author(s) -

N Habib Bedwani,

William English,

Sergio Coda,

Funmi Akinlade,

I Elzayat,

Edward Seward,

Bu Hayee,

Matthew Hanson,

Saswata Banerjee

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

british journal of surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.202

H-Index - 201

eISSN - 1365-2168

pISSN - 0007-1323

DOI - 10.1093/bjs/znaa045

Subject(s) - medicine , pandemic , covid-19 , prioritization , endoscopy , colorectal cancer , cancer , virology , disease , management science , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly delayed 2-week wait (2WW) bowel cancer endoscopy. We propose a FIT (Faecal Immunochemical Test) based model to risk-stratify patients for 2WW endoscopy.

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