Reviewer's report
Title:Prospective cross-sectional study on faecal immunochemical tests: sex
specific cut-off values to obtain equal sensitivity for colorectal cancer?
Version:5Date:25 August 2014
Reviewer: Harkirat Singh
Reviewer's report:
Major Revisions:
1. Please provide the sensitivity and specificity data of FIT in symptomatic vs
screening/surveillance groups.
2. In the last para of discussion
"However, in a recent comparison of CRC cases from the current study cohort
with CRC cases from a screening population, similar FIT
324 results were found.[21] "
Its unclear how this statement fits here with this citation.
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: Yes, but I do not feel adequately qualified to assess the
statistics.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests
Reviewer's report
Title:Prospective cross-sectional study on faecal immunochemical tests: sex
specific cut-off values to obtain equal sensitivity for colorectal cancer?
Version:5Date:25 August 2014
Reviewer: Harkirat Singh
Reviewer's report:
Major Revisions:
1. Please provide the sensitivity and specificity data of FIT in symptomatic vs
screening/surveillance groups.
2. In the last para of discussion
"However, in a recent comparison of CRC cases from the current study cohort
with CRC cases from a screening population, similar FIT
324 results were found.[21] "
Its unclear how this statement fits here with this citation.
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: Yes, but I do not feel adequately qualified to assess the
statistics.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests
Please review this paper.
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Reviewer's report
Title:Prospective cross-sectional study on faecal immunochemical tests: sex
specific cut-off values to obtain equal sensitivity for colorectal cancer?
Version:5Date:25 August 2014
Reviewer: Harkirat Singh
Reviewer's report:
Major Revisions:
1. Please provide the sensitivity and specificity data of FIT in symptomatic vs
screening/surveillance groups.
2. In the last para of discussion
"However, in a recent comparison of CRC cases from the current study cohort
with CRC cases from a screening population, similar FIT
324 results were found.[21] "
Its unclear how this statement fits here with this citation.
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: Yes, but I do not feel adequately qualified to assess the
statistics.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests
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