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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 21.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Intern Med. 2010 Sep 21;153(6):368–377. doi: 10.1059/0003-4819-153-6-201009210-00004

Table 3.

Undiscounted number of cases and deaths of colorectal cancer per 1000 65-year-olds, by screening scenario

MISCAN SimCRC
Scenario CRC cases CRC deaths CRC cases CRC deaths
No screening 57 27 57 27
HII 39 13 34 12
HS 32 10 25 8
IFOBT 33 11 26 8
SIGB 30 11 28 12
SIG 30 11 26 11
HII + SIGB 29 10 22 8
HII + SIG 28 10 21 7
HS + SIGB 27 9 18 6
HS + SIG 27 9 18 6
IFOBT + SIGB 27 9 19 6
IFOBT + SIG 27 9 18 6
COL 27 10 16 6
Stool DNA (3y) 37 13 29 10
Stool DNA (5y) 40 15 34 13

LYG = life-years gained compared with no screening; CRC = colorectal cancer; HII = annual Hemoccult II; HS = annual Hemoccult Sensa; IFOBT = annual immunochemical fecal occult blood test; SIGB = 5-yearly sigmoidoscopy with biopsy; SIG = 5-yearly sigmoidoscopy without biopsy; COL = 10-yearly colonoscopy.