Moumita Roy Chowdhury, Karina Gisèle Mac Si Hone, Karine Prévost, Philippe Balthazar, Mariano Avino, Mélina Arguin, Jude Beaudoin, Mandy Malick, Michael Desgagné, Gabriel Robert, Michelle Scott, Jean Dubé, Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe, Eric Massé
BACKGROUND: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a major cause of cancer mortality in the world. One of the most widely used screening tests for CRC is the immunochemical fecal occult blood test (iFOBT), which detects human hemoglobin from patient's stool sample. Although it is highly efficient in detecting blood from patients with gastro-intestinal lesions, such as polyps and cancers, the iFOBT has a high rate of false positive discovery. Recent studies suggested gut bacteria as a promising noninvasive biomarker for improving the diagnosis of CRC...
October 13, 2023: Clinical Colorectal Cancer