TABLE 7.
Cancer miss rates
| Study | Study design | Clinician specialty* | Patients/procedures, n | Cancer miss rate, n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bressler et al (64) | Retrospective | Gastroenterologists, surgeons, internal medicine, family practice and others | 12,487 patients | 430 (3.4) |
| Bressler et al (41) | Retrospective | Gastroenterologists, surgeons, internal medicine, family practice and others | 2654 patients | 105 (4) |
| Edwards and Norris (15) | Prospective | Family physicians (n=4) | 200 colonoscopies | 5 (2.5) |
| Gorard and McIntyre (35) | Retrospective | Endoscopists (n=8) | 915 colonoscopies | 36 (3.9) |
| Leaper et al (36) | Retrospective | Colonoscopists | 286 patients | 17 (5.9) |
| Shehadeh et al (38) | Retrospective | Gastroenterology fellows under supervision of gastroenterologist or attending physicians (n=10) | 232 patients | 0 (0) |
| Rex et al (63) | Retrospective | Gastroenterologists and nongastroenterologists | 941 patients | 47 (5) |
*
Unless shown, the number of persons performing the procedure was not reported in the paper