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. 2020 Sep 15;7(1):e000450. doi: 10.1136/bmjgast-2020-000450

Table 1.

Schedule of the surveillance strategies*

Year after diagnosis 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 11 14 16 19
Base-case strategies (assumes 3 years of CT)
 Standard of care OC+CT CT CT OC OC OC OC
 CTC-based CTC CT CT OC OC OC OC
Scenario analysis strategies (assumes 5 years of CT)
 Standard of care OC+CT CT CT OC+CT CT OC OC OC
 CTC-based CTC CT CT CTC CT OC OC OC
Scenario analysis strategies (assumes less intensive OC follow-up)
 Standard of care OC+CT CT CT OC OC OC
 CTC-based CTC CT CT OC OC OC

*Schedule assumes that all test results show no lesion, hyperplastic polyp or adenoma <10 mm. Persons with adenomas 10 mm or larger get OC after 1 year and the 3 yearly thereafter.

CTC, CT colonography; OC, optical colonoscopy.