Single and double faecal immunochemical test strategies are effective in risk stratification for patients with symptoms of per rectal bleeding suggestive of colorectal cancer
Rectal bleeding makes up one-third of USoC referrals to secondary care. The FIT positivity rate is 34.7% and it has a high sensitivity for CRC. Patients with PRB with two negative FITs have a negligible CRC prevalence.
Authors
- Malcolm G. Dunlop (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3033-5851)
- Frances Gunn
- Fatima Shah
Institutions
- Western General Hospital (GB)
- Edinburgh Cancer Research (GB)
- Institute of Genetics and Cancer (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BJS Open
- Published
- 2025-09-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsopen/zraf100
- Primary Topic
- Diverticular Disease and Complications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Bowel Cancer UK
- Cancer Research UK
- Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh