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Multitarget stool DNA testing for colorectal-cancer screening.
The New England journal of medicine - 3 Apr 2014
Imperiale Thomas F, Ransohoff David F, Itzkowitz Steven H, Levin Theodore R, Lavin Philip, Lidgard Graham P, Ahlquist David A, Berger Barry M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: An accurate, noninvasive test could improve the effectiveness of colorectal-cancer screening. METHODS: We compared a noninvasive, multitarget stool DNA test with a fecal immunochemical test (FIT) in persons at average risk for colorectal cancer. The DNA test includes quantitative molecular assays for KRAS mutations, aberrant NDRG4 and BMP3 methylation, and β-actin, plus a hemoglobin immunoassay....
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