Positive fecal immunochemical test but negative colonoscopy: what’s next?

Nastazja Pilonis

doi:10.1055/a-2182-6316

Endoscopy, Table of Contents

Endoscopy 2023; 55(12): 1070-1071
DOI: 10.1055/a-2182-6316

Editorial

Positive fecal immunochemical test but negative colonoscopy: what’s next?

Referring to van de Schootbrugge-Vandermeer HJ et al. doi: 10.1055/a-2136-6564

Nastazja Pilonis

¹Department of Oncological Gastroenterology, National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland (Ringgold ID: RIN49585)

²Division of General, Endocrine and Transplant Surgery, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland

³Clinical Effectiveness Research Group, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway (Ringgold ID: RIN6305)

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