Barriers to Follow-Up Colonoscopies for Patients With Positive Results From Fecal Immunochemical Tests During Colorectal Cancer Screening

There are several reasons that patients do not receive diagnostic colonoscopies after positive results from FITs, and patients often decline the procedure. The incidence of CRC is high among patients with positive FIT results who are subsequently evaluated by colonoscopy, suggesting many missed cancers in patients that do not undergo follow-up colonoscopy.

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