Immunochemical detection of fecal occult blood--the fecal smear punch-disc test: a new non-invasive screening test for colorectal cancer.

L Songster, C; H Barrows, G; D Jarrett, D

doi:10.1002/1097-0142(19800315)45:5+<1099::aid-cncr2820451312>3.0.co;2-t

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Immunochemical detection of fecal occult blood--the fecal smear punch-disc test: a new non-invasive screening test for colorectal cancer.

Published in Cancer • Mar 15, 1980

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C L Songster

G H Barrows

D D Jarrett

Abstract

An immunochemical test for fecal occult blood was developed for use in colon cancer screening. The test employs high titer monospecific antisera to intact human hemoglobin in a radial immunodiffusion assay. Patient smears on specially treated filter paper allow screening procedures similar to those ...

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