Table 1.
Preoperative Staging of Patients With Newly Diagnosed Colorectal Cancer Including CT and TRUS
| Staging | Patients Seen in Clinic (2009; %) | Patients Not Seen in Clinic (overall 2008-2009) |
Patients Not Seen in Clinic (2008) |
Patients Not Seen in Clinic (2009) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | P | % | P | % | P | ||
| CT abdomen | 97.5 | 83.1 | .03 | 83.1 | .04 | 83.0 | .04 |
| CT chest | 95.0 | 37.1 | < .0001 | 28.9 | < .0001 | 48.1 | < .0001 |
| CEA | 100.0 | 63.8 | < .0001 | 65.2 | .0001 | 61.0 | < .0001 |
| TRUS | 88.0 | 37.7 | < .0001 | 44.0 | .001 | 25.7 | < .0001 |
| Complete workup | |||||||
| Colon | 91.7 | 27.5 | < .0001 | 19.3 | < .0001 | 38.5 | .002 |
| Rectum | 84.0 | 15.3 | < .0001 | 18.0 | < .0001 | 11.4 | < .0001 |
| Anus | 66.7 | 22.2 | .48 | 25.0 | .48 | 20.0 | .77 |
| Total | 85.0 | 23.0 | < .0001 | 19.0 | < .0001 | 28.3 | < .0001 |
Abbreviations: CT, computed tomography scan; TRUS, transrectal ultrasound; CEA, carcinoembryonic antigen.