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Association of time to colonoscopy after a positive fecal test result and fecal hemoglobin concentration with risk of advanced colorectal neoplasia

Digestive and Liver Diseases Feb 08, 2019

Kim NH, et al. - Via analyzing the medical records of 2,362 patients (aged ≥ 50 years), researchers assessed the risk of advanced colorectal neoplasia (ACRN) and colorectal cancer (CRC) according to time to colonoscopy after positive fecal immunochemical test (FIT), fecal hemoglobin concentration, and combination of both. They found that the risk of ACRN increased with increasing time to colonoscopy after a positive FIT, and The authors, therefore, cautioned that patients with positive FIT results, particularly those with higher levels of fecal hemoglobin, should undergo timely follow-up colonoscopy.

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