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Performance characteristics of G-FOBT for detecting colorectal cancer
| G-FOBT | Screening group
|
Total | Control group
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorectal cancer
|
Colorectal cancer | |||
| Positive | Negative | |||
| Positive | 2 | 56 | 58 | 13 |
| Negative | 2 | 197 | 199 | 7 |
| Total | 4 | 253 | 257 | 20 |
Note: Chi-squared =1.75; P=0.19.
Abbreviation: G-FOBT, guaiac fecal occult blood test.
