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Mercedes Andrés

Publications -  4
Citations -  763

Mercedes Andrés is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Colonoscopy & Colorectal cancer. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 4 publications receiving 685 citations.

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Impact of age- and gender-specific cut-off values for the fecal immunochemical test for hemoglobin in colorectal cancer screening

Cristina Alvarez-Urturi, +197 more
TL;DR: To improve the performance of FIT in CRC screening programs, FIT cut-offs could be individualized by age and gender.
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Rate of detection of advanced neoplasms in proximal colon by simulated sigmoidoscopy vs fecal immunochemical tests.

Antoni Castells, +139 more
TL;DR: Sigmoidoscopy and FIT have similar limitations in detecting advanced proximal neoplasms, which depend on patients' characteristics; sigmoidsoscopy underperforms for women 50-59 years old.