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7171971

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-2-14
pubmed:abstractText
Faecal occult blood testing for 3 consecutive days is recommended for the detection of colorectal cancer. Is this adequate? Haemoccult tests were performed for 6 days on the faeces of 50 patients with colorectal cancer. Enteric-coated aspirin was given during the final 3 days to see if its systemic effect on coagulation would increase tumour bleeding. In 25 patients blood loss was quantified by radiochromium assay. Bleeding was slight and intermittent with large daily fluctuations in individual patients. Median daily loss before aspirin was 1.2 ml and after aspirin 2.5 ml. Thirty per cent of the tumours were Haemoccult negative using the standard 3-day regimen and 18 per cent were negative after aspirin. Over the 6-day period, 10 per cent were persistently negative. We conclude that new methods are required to improve the diagnostic yield from faecal occult blood tests.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0007-1323
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
69
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
711-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
Bleeding patterns in colorectal cancer: the effect of aspirin and the implications for faecal occult blood testing.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article