DECEMBER 29, 2020

False-Positive FIT Results Associated With Anticoagulants

More than 8% of people who use direct-acting oral anticoagulants have false-positive results on a fecal immunohistochemical test, researchers have found.

Led by Yoshitaka Watanabe, MD, of Kameda Medical Center Makuhari, in Chiba-ken, Japan, the researchers looked at false-positive rates of FIT in people taking direct-acting oral anticoagulants and those taking aspirin. They compared these results to false-positive rates in nonusers of anticoagulants or antiplatelet drugs in a screening