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Risk of Interval Cancer in Fecal Immunochemical Test Screening Significantly Higher During the Summer Months: Results from the National Cancer Screening Program in Korea

Title
Risk of Interval Cancer in Fecal Immunochemical Test Screening Significantly Higher During the Summer Months: Results from the National Cancer Screening Program in Korea
Author
한동수
Keywords
OCCULT BLOOD-TEST; SAMPLE RETURN TIME; COLORECTAL-CANCER; AMBIENT-TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL-VARIATIONS; PERFORMANCE; POPULATION; FOBT
Issue Date
2018-04
Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
Citation
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY, v. 113, no. 4, page. 611-621
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to evaluate the impact of seasonal variations in climate on the performance of the fecal immunochemical test (FIT) in screening for colorectal cancer in the National Cancer Screening Program in Korea.METHODS: Data were extracted from the National Cancer Screening Program databases for participants who underwent FIT between 2009 and 2010. We compared positivity rates, cancer detection rates, interval cancer rates, positive predictive value, sensitivity, and specificity for FIT during the spring, summer, fall, and winter seasons in Korea.RESULTS: In total, 4,788,104 FIT results were analyzed. FIT positivity rate was lowest during the summer months. In the summer, the positive predictive value of FIT was about 1.1 times (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 1.08, 95% confi dence interval (CI) 1.00-1.16) higher in the overall FIT group and about 1.3 times (aOR 1.29, 95% CI 1.10-1.50) higher in the quantitative FIT group, compared to those in the other seasons. Cancer detection rates, however, were similar regardless of season. Interval cancer risk was significantly higher in the summer for both the overall FIT group (aOR 1.16, 95% CI 1.07-1.27) and the quantitative FIT group (aOR 1.31, 95% CI 1.12-1.52). In addition, interval cancers in the rectum and distal colon were more frequently detected in the summer and autumn than in the winter.CONCLUSIONS: The positivity rate of FIT was lower in the summer, and the performance of the FIT screening program was influenced by seasonal variations in Korea. These results suggest that more efforts to reduce interval cancer during the summer are needed in population-based screening programs using FIT, particularly in countries with high ambient temperatures.
URI
https://insights.ovid.com/crossref?an=00000434-201804000-00023https://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/118197
ISSN
0002-9270; 1572-0241
DOI
10.1038/ajg.2018.23
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