Cancer Prevention Research
Barriers to Diagnostic Colonoscopy After a Positive Stool-Based Screening Test: A Scoping Review
Abstract Non-invasive stool-based colorectal cancer (CRC) screening (e.g., fecal immunochemical test [FIT], guaiac fecal occult blood test [gFOBT], multitarget stool DNA [mt-sDNA]) reduces CRC mortality only when a positive result is followed by timely diagnostic colonoscopy. We synthesized barriers and facilitators to completing diagnostic colonoscopy after a positive stool-based screening test. Guided by Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR), …