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Poster

Description

Colorectal cancer is a very treatable cancer when detected early, therefore patient adherence and colorectal cancer screening is key to decrease mortality. The purpose of this research and systematic literature review was to determine how the accuracy of blood-based and stool-based biomarkers compared in the detection of colorectal cancer and how noninvasive testing modalities influence patient participation in colorectal cancer screening. PubMed and Clinical Key were used as search engines. In terms of patient compliance and adherence, the studies comprehensively agree that non-invasive testing modality availability can increase patient participation in screening for colorectal cancer. While there was not significant data demonstrating the impact of participation when offering blood testing, various studies demonstrated that this modality is not well known by participants. Overall, MT-sDNA testing showed to be more accurate than SEPT9 in the detection of colorectal cancer and precancerous. Of note, SEPT9 did show similar performance to FIT, which is a current FDA approved screening recommendation, in the detection of colorectal cancer and precancerous lesions. Combination testing showed trends that when SEPT9 and FIT were used in combination, sensitivity was increased, however, this in turn decreased specificity of the testing. There were not currently studies available comparing the performance of SEPT9 and MT-sDNA performance alone versus in combination, hence, further research is needed in this area to fully optimize available modalities.

Department

Physician Assistant Studies

Degree Name

Master of Physician Assistant Studies (MPAS)

First Advisor

Staveteig, Mindy

Publication Date

Spring 2023

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

Blood-Based Versus Stool-Based Biomarker Accuracy in Detection of Colorectal Cancer and Impact of Non-Invasive Tests on Patient Participation

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