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Colorectal cancer risk stratification using a polygenic risk score in symptomatic patients presenting to primary care – a UK Biobank retrospective cohort study
2023-12-09
Abstract excerpt
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide. Accurate cancer risk stratification approaches could increase rates of early CRC diagnosis, improve health outcomes for patients and reduce pressure on diagnostic services. The faecal immunochemical test (FIT) for blood in stool is widely used in primary care to identify symptomatic patients with likely CRC. However, there is a 6–16% noncomp...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 1ebfd8ad-a8ac-525e-9dea-9899c90cdf7e
- DOI
- 10.1101/2023.12.08.23299717
