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. 2016 May 15;8(5):450–458. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v8.i5.450

Table 5.

Burdens, harms, benefits, and efficiencies for fecal immunological technique and fecal occult blood testing at 3-year adherence rates compared to recommended intervals for colonoscopy and mt-sDNA, ages 50-75, per 1000 people screened

Burdens and harms
Benefits
CISNET model Test Stool tests Total COL Complications LYG CRC DA CRC incidence reduction CRC mortality reduction % of COL 10y LYG COL per LYG Complications per LYG Complications per DA
SimCRC COL 10y 0 4007 14 275 24 81% 87% 100% 15 0.051 0.58
FIT3y 6887 971 6 212 18 45% 65% 77% 5 0.028 0.33
hsFOBT3y 6456 1286 7 212 18 47% 66% 77% 6 0.033 0.39
mt-sDNA3y 5990 1701 9 250 22 63% 78% 91% 7 0.036 0.41
MISCAN COL 10y 0 4101 15 248 22 62% 79% 100% 17 0.060 0.68
FIT3y 6795 995 7 176 15 28% 55% 71% 6 0.040 0.47
hsFOBT3y 6302 1296 8 175 15 30% 55% 71% 7 0.046 0.53
mt-sDNA3y 5779 1714 9 215 19 43% 68% 87% 8 0.042 0.49
CRC-SPIN COL 10y 0 4049 15 270 24 88% 90% 100% 15 0.056 0.62
FIT3y 6857 1081 7 178 16 49% 59% 66% 6 0.039 0.44
hsFOBT3y 6498 1317 8 183 16 53% 61% 68% 7 0.044 0.50
mt-sDNA3y 5927 1827 10 226 20 68% 76% 84% 8 0.044 0.50

CISNET: National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network; COL: Colonoscopies; COL 10y: Colonoscopy at a 10-year interval; LYG: Life-years gained; CRC: Colorectal cancer; MISCAN: Microsimulation screening analysis; CRC-SPIN: Colorectal cancer simulated population model for incidence and natural history; SimCRC: Simulation model of colorectal cancer; DA: Deaths averted; FIT: Fecal immunological test.