Variation of diagnostic performance of fecal immunochemical testing for hemoglobin by sex and age: results from a large screening cohort.
Conclusion: There are major differences in diagnostic performance parameters according to sex and age, which should receive careful attention in the interpretation and comparison of results of FIT-based colorectal cancer screening studies.
PMID: 29670403 [PubMed]
Source: Clinical Colorectal Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Brenner H, Qian J, Werner S Tags: Clin Epidemiol Source Type: research
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