Pattern of clinical procedures

Patients

Confirmed Cancer

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

iFOBT(+) -> colonoscopy

->biopsy

->biopsy->polypectomy

->polypectomy

->polypectomy->surgery

iFOBT(+) -> biopsy

->polypectomy

iFOBT(+) ->polypectomy

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

iFOBT(+) -> BE

->colonoscopy

->colonoscopy->biopsy

->colonoscopy->polypectomy

->biopsy

->polypectomy

iFOBT(+) -> BE, CT

->biopsy->polypectomy->surgery

->polypectomy

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

iFOBT(+) -> CT

->colonoscopy

->colonoscopy->biopsy

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

->polypectomy

iFOBT(+) -> MRI -> colonoscopy ->biopsy

iFOBT(+) -> FOBT

->colonoscopy->polypectomy

118 (22.9)

93 (18.0)

30

8

4

1

7 (1.4)

2

18 (3.5)

35 (6.8)

32 (6.2)

5

3

1

1

3

3 (0.6)

1

1

11 (2.1)

7 (1.4)

5

2

1

1

1 (0.2)

3 (0.6)

1

5

2

1

2

2

1

1

1

1