Assuring the quality of examinations using faecal immunochemical tests for haemoglobin (FIT)

Journal: Laboratory Service. 2021;10(1): 7‑9

DOI: 10.17116/labs2021100117

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. Assuring the quality of examinations using faecal immunochemical tests for haemoglobin (FIT). Laboratory Service. 2021;10(1):7‑9. (In Russ.)
https://doi.org/10.17116/labs2021100117

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Fecal immunochemical tests (FIT) for hemoglobin are now considered the best noninvasive test for screening for colorectal cancer and are used as standard or supplemental screening worldwide. FITs are also part of patient follow-up programs after polyp removal. In addition, judging by the growing body of data in recent years, FIT combined with clinical evaluation is a useful tool for deciding which primary patients with symptoms of lower bowel lesions see benefit from further investigations, such as bowel imaging.

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