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SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

FIT Reduces Deaths From Colorectal Cancer


Evidence is emerging for the power of fecal immunochemical testing to not only reduce colorectal cancer incidence but also deaths related to the disease. The latest comes from a study presented of enrollees in two Kaiser Permanente health systems in California for whom completion of FIT within a mailed outreach screening program yielded a mortality benefit across all racial and ethnic groups.

“In this study, completion of one or more FITs in the time prior to the reference date was