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Lin JS, Webber EM, Beil TL, et al. Fecal DNA Testing in Screening for Colorectal Cancer in Average-Risk Adults [Internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2012 Feb. (Comparative Effectiveness Reviews, No. 52.)

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Abbreviations

95% CI

95 percent confidence interval

ACR

American College of Radiology

ACS

American Cancer Society

AHRQ

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

CISNET

Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network

CLIA

Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments

CMS

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

CRC

Colorectal cancer

CT colonography

Computed tomographic colonography

DCBE

Double contrast barium enema

DIA

DNA integrity assay

DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid

EHC Program

Effective Health Care Program

ELISA

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

EPC

Evidence-based Practice Center

FAP

Familial adenomatous polyposis

FDA

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

FIT

Fecal immunochemical test

FOBT

Fecal occult blood test (usually used to refer to guaiac based tests like Hemoccult II™ or Hemoccult SENSA™ versus immunochemical based tests for hemoglobin)

FPC

Familial polyposis coli

HNPCC

Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer

KQ

Key question

LDT

Laboratory-developed test

MBD

Methyl-binding domain

miRNA

MicroRNA

mRNA

Messenger RNA

MSTF

Multi-Society Task Force

NCI

National Cancer Institute

NPV

Negative predictive value

NR

Not reported

PCR

Polymerase chain reaction

PPV

Positive predictive value

RNA

Ribonucleic acid

sDNA

Stool DNA test

SES

Socioeconomic status

SIP

Scientific Information Packet

TEP

Technical Expert Panel

USPSTF

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

WHO

World Health Organization

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