Colorectal Cancer Screening: A Less Expensive Noninvasive Alternative | Clinical Congress | ACS

Commercially available noninvasive screening tests for colorectal cancer—a fecal
immunochemical test (FIT) and the multi-target stool DNAtest (mt-sDNA)—are equally effective
for screening patients with early-stage colorectal cancer. However, a FIT costs about one-fifth
of the multi-target DNA test, according to new study results presented during the Scientific
Forum at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2022.

Citation:
Rao, PK et al. Comprehensive Cost Implications of Commercially Available Non-invasive Colorectal Cancer Screening Modalities: Results of A Large National Insurer Claims Database Analysis, Scientific Forum, American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2022.


Study authors
:
Pavan K. Rao, MD (appearing in this video); Casey J. Allan, MD; Patrick L. Wagner, MD,
FACS; David L. Bartlett, MD, FACS; and Sricharan Chalikonda, MD, MHA, FACS

Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania


Samantha Falls, DO; Stacey Shipley, BA; and Katie Farah, MD

Allegheny Health Network, Wexford, Pennsylvania

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