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- Title
Association of FOBT-assessed faecal Hb content with colonic lesions detected in the Florence screening programme.
- Authors
Ciatto, S.; Martinelli, F.; Castiglione, G.; Mantellini, P.; Rubeca, T.; Grazzini, G.; Bonanomi, A. G.; Confortini, M.; Zappa, M.
- Abstract
We assessed the correlation between quantitative results of immunological faecal occult blood testing (I-FOBT) and colonic lesions (191 colorectal cancers, 890 adenomas) detected at colonoscopy in 2597 FOBT+ (cutoff 100 ng ml−1 Hb) subjects. At univariate analysis, a higher average faecal Hb content was significantly associated with male gender (P=0.003), age (P=0.02), and colonoscopy findings (P=0.000). Among adenomas, higher faecal Hb content was significantly associated with size (P=0.0000), presence of severe dysplasia (P=0.0001), presence of villous component (P=0.0002), and location in the left colon (P=0.003). At multivariate analysis adjusting for potential confounders, age (P=0.03), size (P=0.0000), and location in the left colon (P=0.0005) were confirmed as having an independent association with higher faecal Hb content. Immunological FOBT is confirmed to be a specific screening test to detect cancer and adenoma, with a low positivity rate (3.7%) and a high positive predictive value (41.5%). Faecal Hb content is significantly higher for those lesions (cancer and high-risk adenomas) screening is aimed at detecting.British Journal of Cancer (2007) 96, 218–221. doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603534 www.bjcancer.com Published online 9 January 2007
- Subjects
FECAL occult blood tests; COLON cancer; COLONOSCOPY; DYSPLASIA; MULTIVARIATE analysis; FECES examination
- Publication
British Journal of Cancer, 2007, Vol 96, Issue 2, p218
- ISSN
0007-0920
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/sj.bjc.6603534