For now don’t change cut-off value population screening for colorectal cancer
The cut-off value in the population-based colorectal cancer screening programme determines at what measure of blood in the stool someone is referred for a colonoscopy. Provisionally the cut-off value does not need to be adjusted. This is the advice of the Health Council of the Netherlands based on the programmatic results to date.
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