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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 2.
Published in final edited form as: Gut. 2013 Jun 21;63(6):949–956. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2012-303796

Table 5. Clinical details of nine interval cancers detected on colonoscopy exams with clinical symptoms as the indications for the procedure.

Age/gender Indication Location Time since prior colo (years) Adenomas prior colo (size cm) Stage Died of CRC
67 M Blood in stool Rectum 3.5 None I No
75 M Colovesical fistula Sigmoid 1.5 AC (0.4) IV Yes
74 M Blood in stool Cecum 0.5 AC (0.9) I No
73 M Abdominal pain Proximal* 2.0 AC (0.5) and SC (0.5) I Yes
72 M Anaemia Ascending 2.2 SC (0.4) II No
71 M Bleeding Rectum 2.4 AC (0.25) and TC (1.0) I No
61 M Change in bowels Recto-sigmoid 2.4 None IV No
70 M T1 symptoms Hepatic flexure 1.2 SC (12.5) and 3 Ce (0.5) IV Yes
71 M Weight loss; haematochezia Hepatic flexure 2.5 None II Yes
*

Precise location unspecified.

Indication field is derived from the pooled data set and was the indication abstracted from the indication field of the colonoscopy report.

AC, ascending colon; Ce, cecum; CRC, colorectal cancer; SC, sigmoid colon; TC, transverse colon.