Combining fecal immunochemical testing and questionnaire-based risk assessment in selecting participants for colonoscopy screening in the Chinese National Colorectal Cancer Screening Programs: A population-based cohort study
Author summary Why was this study done? ➢ The burden of colorectal cancer (CRC) in China has been growing in recent years. ➢ More specific selection of individuals to undergo colonoscopy, based on both questionnaire-based risk assessment and fecal immunochemical test (FIT) results, could result in more efficiency allocation of colonoscopy resources. ➢ There is limited evidence on the colonoscopy screening yield when combining FITs and risk assessment through questionnaires. What did the researchers do and find? ➢ We calculated the baseline screening yield, participation, and cost...
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