Search Results - "Digby, Jayne"
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Impact of introducing a faecal immunochemical test (FIT) for haemoglobin into primary care on the outcome of patients with new bowel symptoms: a prospective cohort study
Published in BMJ open gastroenterology (01-01-2019)“…ObjectiveTo determine whether a faecal immunochemical test (FIT) for faecal haemoglobin concentration (f-Hb) can be safely implemented in primary care as a…”
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Appraisal of the faecal haemoglobin, age and sex test (FAST) score in assessment of patients with lower bowel symptoms: an observational study
Published in BMC gastroenterology (11-12-2019)“…Many patients present in primary care with lower bowel symptoms, but significant bowel disease (SBD), comprising colorectal cancer (CRC), advanced adenoma…”
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The impact of hypothetical PErsonalised Risk Information on informed choice and intention to undergo Colorectal Cancer screening colonoscopy in Scotland (PERICCS)-a randomised controlled trial
Published in BMC medicine (20-10-2020)“…There is currently no existing evidence on the effects of personalised risk information on uptake of colonoscopy following first line screening for colorectal…”
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The impact of personalised risk information compared to a positive/negative result on informed choice and intention to undergo colonoscopy following colorectal Cancer screening in Scotland (PERICCS) - a randomised controlled trial: study protocol
Published in BMC public health (16-04-2019)“…In Scotland a new, easier to complete bowel screening test, the Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT), has been introduced. This test gives more accurate…”
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Faecal haemoglobin and faecal calprotectin as indicators of bowel disease in patients presenting to primary care with bowel symptoms
Published in Gut (01-09-2016)“…In primary care, assessing which patients with bowel symptoms harbour significant disease (cancer, higher-risk adenoma or IBD) is difficult. We studied the…”
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The impact of primary‐care led, faecal immunochemical test‐based, triage of new‐onset colorectal symptoms on time to diagnosis of colorectal cancer—An observational study
Published in Colorectal disease (01-08-2024)“…Aim Since December 2015, a faecal immunochemical test (FIT) has been provided to primary care in NHS Tayside as an adjunct to clinical acumen in the assessment…”
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Impact of faecal haemoglobin based triage of bowel symptoms presenting to primary care on colorectal cancer diagnosis
Published in Colorectal disease (01-04-2023)“…Aim Faecal immunochemical testing (FIT) for faecal haemoglobin was introduced into primary care in National Health Service Tayside in 2015 as an adjunct to…”
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Do risk scores improve use of faecal immunochemical testing for haemoglobin in symptomatic patients in primary care?
Published in Colorectal disease (01-04-2024)“…Aim Faecal immunochemical testing (FIT) is used in the detection of colorectal cancer (CRC). FIT is invariably used at a single faecal haemoglobin (f‐Hb)…”
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Yield of colorectal cancer at colonoscopy according to faecal haemoglobin concentration in symptomatic patients referred from primary care
Published in Colorectal disease (01-07-2021)“…Aim Lower gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms are poor predictors of colorectal cancer (CRC). The aim of this study was to examine the diagnostic yield of…”
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Measurement of faecal haemoglobin with a faecal immunochemical test can assist in defining which patients attending primary care with rectal bleeding require urgent referral
Published in Annals of clinical biochemistry (01-07-2020)“…Current guidelines document persistent rectal bleeding as an alarm symptom in patients presenting to primary care. We studied whether a faecal immunochemical…”
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Improved use of faecal immunochemical tests for haemoglobin in the Scottish bowel screening programme
Published in Journal of medical screening (01-12-2023)“…This study aimed to develop a risk-scoring model in the Scottish Bowel Screening Programme incorporating faecal haemoglobin concentration with other risk…”
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The fecal hemoglobin concentration, age and sex test score: Development and external validation of a simple prediction tool for colorectal cancer detection in symptomatic patients
Published in International journal of cancer (15-05-2017)“…Prediction models for colorectal cancer (CRC) detection in symptomatic patients, based on easily obtainable variables such as fecal haemoglobin concentration…”
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Can the performance of a quantitative FIT-based colorectal cancer screening programme be enhanced by lowering the threshold and increasing the interval?
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Prevalence of repeat faecal immunochemical testing in symptomatic patients attending primary care
Published in Colorectal disease (01-12-2022)“…Aim The faecal immunochemical test (FIT) for faecal haemoglobin (f‐Hb) helps determine the risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) and has been integrated into…”
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Faecal haemoglobin concentration is related to severity of colorectal neoplasia
Published in Journal of clinical pathology (01-05-2013)“…Guaiac faecal occult blood tests are being replaced by faecal immunochemical tests (FIT). We investigated whether faecal haemoglobin concentration (f-Hb) was…”
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Faecal haemoglobin concentration in adenoma, before and after polypectomy, approaches the ideal tumour marker
Published in Annals of clinical biochemistry (01-07-2022)“…Polypectomy may be performed at colonoscopy and then subsequent surveillance undertaken. It is thought that faecal haemoglobin concentration (f-Hb), estimated…”
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Interval cancers using a quantitative faecal immunochemical test (FIT) for haemoglobin when colonoscopy capacity is limited
Published in Journal of medical screening (01-09-2016)“…Quantitative faecal immunochemical tests (FIT) for faecal haemoglobin (f-Hb) in colorectal cancer (CRC) screening pose challenges when colonoscopy is limited…”
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Faecal haemoglobin concentrations by gender and age: implications for population-based screening for colorectal cancer
Published in Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine (01-05-2012)“…Faecal immunochemical tests (FIT) are becoming widely used in colorectal cancer screening. Estimation of faecal haemoglobin concentration in a large group…”
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