Pattern of clinical procedures

Patient

Confirmed Cancer

Primarily recommended diagnostic test: colonoscopy, n (%^a)

iFOBT(+) -> colonoscopy

->biopsy

->biopsy->polypectomy

->biopsy->surgery

->polypectomy

iFOBT(+) -> biopsy

->polypectomy

->polypectomy->surgery->chemotherapy

->surgery-> chemotherapy

->chemotherapy

iFOBT(+) ->polypectomy

->chemotherapy

Secondarily recommended diagnostic test: BE, n (%^a)

iFOBT(+) -> BE

->colonoscopy

->colonoscopy->biopsy

->colonoscopy->biopsy->polypectomy

->colonoscopy->polypectomy

->biopsy

->polypectomy

iFOBT(+) -> BE, CT

->biopsy ->polypectomy

->polypectomy

Other tests that are not recommended by the guidelines, n (%^a)

iFOBT(+) -> CT

->colonoscopy

->colonoscopy->biopsy

->colonoscopy->biopsy->surgery -> chemotherapy

->biopsy

->polypectomy

iFOBT(+) -> MRI ->polypectomy

iFOBT(+) -> CT, MRI

->polypectomy

iFOBT(+) -> FOBT

iFOBT(+) -> surgery ->chemotherapy

325 (24.9)

242 (18.6)

85

21

1

10

11 (0.8)

2

1

1

1

72 (5.5)

1

68 (5.2)

62 (4.8)

17

6

1

2

2

8

6 (0.5)

1

1

28 (2.1)

20 (1.5)

11

5

1

2

3

1 (0.1)

4 (0.3)

3

2 (0.2)

1 (0.1)

9

1

1

1

1

1

3

1

1

1

2

1

1