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Low Sensitivity of Fecal Immunochemical Tests (FIT) for Detection of Sessile Serrated Adenomas/Polyps Confirmed Over Clinical Setting, Geography, and FIT System

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  1. Department of Gastroenterology, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, Scotland, UK

    Craig Mowat

  2. Centre for Research into Cancer Prevention and Screening, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 9SY, Scotland, UK

    Jayne Digby, Robert J. C. Steele & Callum G. Fraser

  3. Department of Blood Sciences and Scottish Bowel Screening Laboratory, NHS Tayside, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, Scotland, UK

    Judith A. Strachan

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Mowat, C., Digby, J., Strachan, J.A. et al. Low Sensitivity of Fecal Immunochemical Tests (FIT) for Detection of Sessile Serrated Adenomas/Polyps Confirmed Over Clinical Setting, Geography, and FIT System. Dig Dis Sci 64, 3024–3026 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-019-05661-z

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