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[Fecal Biomarker for Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis].
Rinsho byori. The Japanese journal of clinical pathology - 1 Mar 2015
Koga Yoshikatsu, Yamazaki Nobuyoshi, Matsumura Yasuhiro
Abstract excerpt
The fecal occult blood test (FOBT) is widely used for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening to reduce the mortality rate associated with this cancer. However, several problems exist, as FOBT results can contain some false-negative CRC patients and some-false positive healthy subjects. Thus, to resolve these problems, several fecal biomarkers based on fecal protein, fecal DNA, and fecal RNA have been reported. Fecal...
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