Use of a faecal immunochemical test narrows current gaps in uptake for sex, age and deprivation in a bowel cancer screening programme

Abstract

Use of FIT increases uptake over gFOBT, and the greatest increases are seen in men, younger participants, and more deprived individuals, groups for which an increase in uptake is likely to be beneficial. The results support a move to FIT as a first-line screening test for those countries still using gFOBT.