The External Assessment Group did a systematic review of the evidence on cost effectiveness for faecal calprotectin testing and constructed a de novo economic model. The outcomes of interest for the ...

In an English cohort study, patients with symptomatic presentation of colorectal cancer (CRC) and faecal immunochemical test (FIT) results ≥ 10 µg of haemoglobin (Hb)/g had a higher risk for 1-year ...

Doctors in England and Wales are being urged to use a simple faecal test to improve the accuracy of diagnosing bowel conditions. Doctors in England and Wales are being urged to use a simple faecal ...

In England, 37 people die each day from bowel cancer, but screening using faecal blood testing followed by a colonoscopy can reduce both the incidence of this cancer and the number of resulting deaths ...

Background Given the increasing burden on colonoscopy capacity, it has been suggested that faecal immunochemical test (FIT) results could guide surveillance colonoscopy intervals. Against this ...

Faecal calprotectin cut-off levels in inflammatory bowel disease should be raised in order to reduce colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy referrals, suggest UK researchers. Researchers collected ...

Parents can soon know whether their young child has a symptom of autism by testing the toddler’s stool using a new kit developed by researchers in Hong Kong, who claim the analysis has an accuracy ...