Evaluation of a ‘DIY’ Test for the Detection of Colorectal Cancer | Zendy

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Evaluation of a ‘DIY’ Test for the Detection of Colorectal Cancer

Author(s) -

J J T Tate,

J Northway,

G T Royle,

I Taylor

Publication year - 1989

Publication title -

journal of the royal society of medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38

H-Index - 81

eISSN - 1758-1095

pISSN - 0141-0768

DOI - 10.1177/014107688908200706

Subject(s) - colorectal cancer , medicine , test (biology) , population , fecal occult blood , cancer , compliance (psychology) , occult , blood test , gastroenterology , surgery , colonoscopy , pathology , biology , environmental health , alternative medicine , psychology , paleontology , social psychology

A new type of faecal occult blood test, EZ-Detect™, has been evaluated in 404 patients presenting with symptoms suggestive of colorectal disease. The test avoids handling of stools and gives a result which patients can read themselves - factors which may increase patient compliance. In comparison with the Haemoccult™ test, EZ-Detect has the same sensiti-vity for blood in laboratory conditions. In clinical use 98% of patients expressed a preference for EZ-Detect but it detected significantly fewer patients with cancer than did Haemoccult (P = < 0.05). In its present form, this type of test would be unsuitable for population screening for colorectal cancer even if improved compliance is achieved.

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