TY - JOUR
T1 - A systematic review of repeat fecal occult blood tests for colorectal cancer screening
AU - Murphy, Caitlin C.
AU - Sen, Ahana
AU - Watson, Bianca
AU - Gupta, Samir
AU - Mayo, Helen
AU - Singal, Amit G.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas under award number PP160075 (to A.G. Singal, C.C. Murphy), the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences at the NIH under award number KL2TR001103 (to C.C. Murphy), and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality under award number R24HS022418 (to A.G. Singal, H. Mayo).
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PY - 2020/2/1
Y1 - 2020/2/1
N2 - Screening with fecal occult blood tests (FOBT) reduces colorectal cancer mortality. Failure to complete repeat tests may compromise screening effectiveness. We conducted a systematic review of repeat FOBT across diverse health care settings. We searched MEDLINE, Embase, and the Cochrane Library for studies published from 1997 to 2017 and reported repeat FOBT over ≥2 screening rounds. Studies (n 1/4 27 reported in 35 articles) measured repeat FOBT as (i) proportion of Round 1 participants completing repeat FOBT in Round 2; (ii) proportion completing two, consecutive FOBT; or (iii) proportion completing ≥3 rounds. Among those who completed FOBT in Round 1, 24.6% to 89.6% completed repeat FOBT in Round 2 [median: 82.0%; interquartile range (IQR): 73.7% 84.6%]. The proportion completing FOBT in two rounds ranged from 16.4% to 80.0% (median: 46.6%; IQR: 40.5% 50.0%), and in studies examining ≥3 rounds, repeat FOBT ranged from 0.8% to 64.1% (median: 39.2%; IQR: 19.7% 49.4%). Repeat FOBT appeared higher in mailed outreach (69.1% 89.6%) compared with opportunistic screening (24.6% 48.6%). Few studies examined correlates of repeat FOBT. In summary, we observed a wide prevalence of repeat FOBT, and prevalence generally declined in successive screening rounds. Interventions that increase and maintain participation in FOBT are needed to optimize effectiveness of this screening strategy.
AB - Screening with fecal occult blood tests (FOBT) reduces colorectal cancer mortality. Failure to complete repeat tests may compromise screening effectiveness. We conducted a systematic review of repeat FOBT across diverse health care settings. We searched MEDLINE, Embase, and the Cochrane Library for studies published from 1997 to 2017 and reported repeat FOBT over ≥2 screening rounds. Studies (n 1/4 27 reported in 35 articles) measured repeat FOBT as (i) proportion of Round 1 participants completing repeat FOBT in Round 2; (ii) proportion completing two, consecutive FOBT; or (iii) proportion completing ≥3 rounds. Among those who completed FOBT in Round 1, 24.6% to 89.6% completed repeat FOBT in Round 2 [median: 82.0%; interquartile range (IQR): 73.7% 84.6%]. The proportion completing FOBT in two rounds ranged from 16.4% to 80.0% (median: 46.6%; IQR: 40.5% 50.0%), and in studies examining ≥3 rounds, repeat FOBT ranged from 0.8% to 64.1% (median: 39.2%; IQR: 19.7% 49.4%). Repeat FOBT appeared higher in mailed outreach (69.1% 89.6%) compared with opportunistic screening (24.6% 48.6%). Few studies examined correlates of repeat FOBT. In summary, we observed a wide prevalence of repeat FOBT, and prevalence generally declined in successive screening rounds. Interventions that increase and maintain participation in FOBT are needed to optimize effectiveness of this screening strategy.
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U2 - 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-19-0775
DO - 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-19-0775
M3 - Review article
C2 - 31740521
AN - SCOPUS:85079079098
SN - 1055-9965
VL - 29
SP - 278
EP - 287
JO - Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention
JF - Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention
IS - 2
ER -