{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Jung YS"],"funding":["Ministry of Science and ICT","National Research Foundation of Korea"],"pagination":["313-321"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8925959"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["37(2)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background/aims</h4>Studies have reported an association between fecal occult blood and increased all-cause, non-colorectal cancer (CRC) as well as CRC mortality. This study aimed to determine whether positive fecal immunochemistry test (FIT) results are associated with death from various causes in the South Korean population.<h4>Methods</h4>Using the Korean National Cancer Screening Program database, we collected data on patients who underwent FIT between 2009 and 2011.<h4>Results</h4>Of the 5,932,544 participants, 380,789 (6.4%) had positive FIT results. FIT-positive participants had a higher mortality rate than FIT-negative participants from CRC (1.33 and 0.21 per 1,000 person-years, p < 0.001, respectively) and non-CRC causes (10.40 and 7.50 per 1,000 person-years, p < 0.001, respe"],"journal":["The Korean journal of internal medicine"],"pubmed_title":["Positive fecal immunochemical test results are associated with non-colorectal cancer mortality."],"pmcid":["PMC8925959"],"funding_grant_id":["2020R1A5A2019210","2020R1A2C1010786","2020R1A2C1010786, 2020R1A5A2019210"],"pubmed_authors":["Moon CM","Jung YS","Lee J"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Positive fecal immunochemical test results are associated with non-colorectal cancer mortality.","description":"<h4>Background/aims</h4>Studies have reported an association between fecal occult blood and increased all-cause, non-colorectal cancer (CRC) as well as CRC mortality. This study aimed to determine whether positive fecal immunochemistry test (FIT) results are associated with death from various causes in the South Korean population.<h4>Methods</h4>Using the Korean National Cancer Screening Program database, we collected data on patients who underwent FIT between 2009 and 2011.<h4>Results</h4>Of the 5,932,544 participants, 380,789 (6.4%) had positive FIT results. FIT-positive participants had a higher mortality rate than FIT-negative participants from CRC (1.33 and 0.21 per 1,000 person-years, p < 0.001, respectively) and non-CRC causes (10.40 and 7.50 per 1,000 person-years, p < 0.001, respe","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Mar","modification":"2025-04-04T08:54:02.124Z","creation":"2025-04-04T08:54:02.124Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8925959","cross_references":{"pubmed":["34579523"],"doi":["10.3904/kjim.2021.081"]}}