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ArticleThe lancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology2020

Faecal immunochemical testing in the COVID-19 era: balancing risk and costs.

Ramesh P Arasaradnam, Neeraj Bhala, Charles Evans, John Greenaway, Robert Logan, Ian Penman, Edward Seward, Baljit Singh, Steve Smith, James A Stephenson and 2 more

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Article in The lancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in

10citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

Quantitative faecal immunochemical tests to guide colorectal cancer pathway referral in primary care. A systematic review, meta-analysis and cost-effectiveness analysis.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2025
Pooled it
Can we do better? A qualitative study in the East of England investigating patient experience and acceptability of using the faecal immunochemical test in primary care.BMJ open · 2023
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Patient-reported outcome measures show FIT as an acceptable investigation to rule out colorectal cancer in the two-week wait cohort.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2023
Article
REducing Colonoscopies in patients without significant bowEl DiseasE: the RECEDE Study - protocol for a prospective diagnostic accuracy study.BMJ open · 2022
Article
Combining faecal immunochemical testing with blood test results for colorectal cancer risk stratification: a consecutive cohort of 16,604 patients presenting to primary care.BMC medicine · 2022
Article
The impact of COVID-19 pandemic in the diagnosis and management of colorectal cancer patients.Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology · 2022
Review
The impact of the first peak of the COVID-19 pandemic on colorectal cancer services in England and Wales: A national survey.Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland · 2021
Article
Predicting endoscopic activity recovery in England after COVID-19: a national analysis.The lancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2021
Article
Safety in Endoscopy for Patients and Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Techniques and innovations in gastrointestinal endoscopy · 2021
Review
Rejection of Fecal Immunochemical Tests Within the Lower Gastrointestinal Diagnostic Pathway: A Cohort Study.Journal of primary care & community health
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

Erratum issued
Correction to Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol 2020; published online June 8. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(20)30185-0.2020

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Ramesh P ArasaradnamDepartment of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire, Coventry CV2 2DX, UK; Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Warwick, UK. Electronic address: r.arasaradnam@warwick.ac.uk.

Neeraj BhalaDepartment of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Birmingham Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.

Charles EvansDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire, Coventry CV2 2DX, UK.

John GreenawayDepartment of Gastroenterology, South Tees NHS Trust, Teesside, UK.

Robert LoganDepartment of Gastroenterology, Kings College Hospital, London, UK.

Ian PenmanDepartment of Gastroenterology, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.

Edward SewardDepartment of Gastroenterology, University College London, London, UK.

Baljit SinghDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, University Hospital Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK.

Steve SmithMidlands and North West NHS England Bowel Cancer Screening Programme Hub, Rugby, UK.

James A StephensonDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK.

Norman WaughWarwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Warwick, UK.

BSG Endoscopy COVID working group

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Early Detection of CancerImmunochemistryOccult BloodPandemicsReferral and ConsultationBetacoronavirusColonography, Computed TomographicColonoscopyColorectal NeoplasmsCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19HemoglobinsHumansPneumonia, ViralRisk AssessmentSARS-CoV-2Hemoglobins

Identifiers

PMID32526209

DOI10.1016/S2468-1253(20)30185-0

PMCPMC7279754

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