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Advances in stool DNA testing lead to improved colorectal cancer detection rates

Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology volume 11, page 269 (2014)Cite this article

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...the most sensitive noninvasive test for colorectal cancer to date...

Researchers from the USA have taken advantage of improvements to stool DNA testing to advance noninvasive screening for colorectal cancer (CRC). Their study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, reports improved sensitivity of a multitarget stool DNA test compared with a standard faecal immunochemical test (FIT) in detecting CRC. “This is a marked improvement in cancer sensitivity over earlier versions of the test, making it the most sensitive noninvasive test for colorectal cancer to date,” says Thomas Imperiale, lead author.

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  1. Imperiale, T. F. et al. Multitarget stool DNA testing for colorectal-cancer screening. N. Engl. J. Med. 10.1056/NEJMoa1311194

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  1. Gillian Patman
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Patman, G. Advances in stool DNA testing lead to improved colorectal cancer detection rates. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 11, 269 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrgastro.2014.52

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