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Screening for occult blood in selected patients. The potential for false‐negatives
Author(s) -
Morris Don M.,
Daron Paul B.,
Goldman Leonard I.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19841115)54:10<2272::aid-cncr2820541035>3.0.co;2-g
Subject(s) - medicine , occult , barium enema , gastroenterology , population , surgery , colonoscopy , pathology , colorectal cancer , cancer , alternative medicine , environmental health
Seventy‐one patients presenting for elective hernia repair without gastrointestinal symptoms were screened for occult blood in their stools. All patients had stools negative for occult blood and were studied with proctosigmoidoscopy and barium enema. Polyps were found in 10% of the study population. The potential for missing polyps definitely exists if patients are selected for further studies only on the basis of tests for occult stool blood.