Faecal haemoglobin for colorectal cancer detection: is the evidence base complete enough for use as a triage tool?

Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2023 Nov;8(11):970. doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(23)00320-5.

Authors

Subashini Chandrapalan¹, Ramesh P Arasaradnam²

Affiliations

¹ Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals, Epsom, Surrey, UK.
² Institute of Precision Diagnostics and Translational Medicine, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire, Coventry, UK; Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK; Health, Biological and Experimental Sciences, University of Coventry, Coventry, UK; School of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, UK. Electronic address: r.arasaradnam@warwick.ac.uk.

PMID: 37837973
DOI: 10.1016/S2468-1253(23)00320-5

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Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Colorectal Neoplasms* / diagnosis
Feces / chemistry
Hemoglobins / analysis
Humans
Mass Screening
Triage*

Substances

Hemoglobins