Return to bowel screening after a false-positive faecal immunochemical test in BowelScreen (the National Bowel Screening Programme in Ireland)

J Med Screen. 2019 Dec;26(4):186-190. doi: 10.1177/0969141319864398. Epub 2019 Jul 26.

Authors

Brandon Xian Ch'ng^{1

2}, Therese Mooney³, Diarmuid O'Donoghue³, Patricia Fitzpatrick^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
² School of Public Health, Physiotherapy & Sports Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
³ National Screening Service, Dublin, Ireland.

PMID: 31345130
DOI: 10.1177/0969141319864398

No abstract available

Keywords: False-positive; bowel screening; faecal immunochemical test; participation; re-attendance.

MeSH terms

Aged
Colorectal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Early Detection of Cancer / methods
Early Detection of Cancer / statistics & numerical data*
False Positive Reactions*
Female
Humans
Ireland
Logistic Models
Male
Mass Screening / methods
Mass Screening / statistics & numerical data*
Middle Aged
Occult Blood
Retrospective Studies