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Performance characteristics of FIT for detecting colorectal cancer
| FIT | Screening group
|
Total | Control group
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorectal cancer
|
Colorectal cancer | |||
| Positive | Negative | |||
| Positive | 3 | 25 | 28 | 16 |
| Negative | 1 | 228 | 229 | 4 |
| Total | 4 | 253 | 257 | 20 |
Note: Chi-squared =17.20; P=0.00.
Abbreviation: FIT, fecal immunochemical test.
