| Symptoms | Rectum (n = 85) | Right-sided colon (n = 53) | Left-sided colon (n = 89) |
| Rectal bleeding | 68.2% | 11.3% | 26.9% |
| Weight loss | 17.6% | 20.7% | 20.2% |
| Anaemia | 4.7% | 11.3% | 3.3% |
| Pain | 14.1% | 33.9% | 32.5% |
| Diarrhoea | 7% | 16.9% | 13.4% |
| Constipation | 8.5% | 20.7% | 11.2% |
| Rectal syndrome | 12.9% | 0% | 1.1% |
| Occlusion | 4.7% | 30.1% | 38.2% |
| Appendicular syndrome | 0% | 5.6% | 0% |
| Anal mass/Haemorrhoidal syndrome | 15.2% | 1.8% | 0% |
| Anorectal fistula | 1.1% | 0% | 0% |