TABLE 4.
Colorectal cancer screening method by each specialty.
| Factors | Primary care physician (N = 77) | Internist (N = 173) | Resident physician (N = 135) | General Surgeon (N = 102) | Colorectal Surgeon (N = 23) | Gastroent-erologist (N = 76) | P-value |
| Screening method, N (%) | |||||||
| FOBT | 45 (58.4) | 86 (49.7) | 57 (42.2) | 42 (41.2) | 7 (30.4) | 27 (35.5) | 0.020 |
| CEA | 8.4 (10.9) | 29 (16.8) | 4 (3.0) | 17 (16.7) | 2 (8.7) | 5 (6.6) | 0.001 |
| CT colonography | 0 (0.0) | 8 (4.6) | 6 (4.4) | 5 (4.9) | 5 (21.7) | 7 (9.2) | 0.003 |
| Sigmoidoscopy and barium enema | 12 (1.6) | 8 (4.6) | 15 (11.1) | 26 (25.5) | 2 (8.7) | 7 (9.2) | <0.001 |
| Sigmoidoscopy | 12 (1.6) | 9 (5.2) | 5 (3.7) | 8 (7.8) | 1 (4.1) | 2 (2.6) | 0.420 |
| Colonoscopy | 33 (42.9) | 100 (57.8) | 100 (74.1) | 77 (75.5) | 21 (91.3) | 73 (96.1) | <0.001 |
| Available method, N (%) | |||||||
| No screening tool | 11 (14.3) | 5 (2.9) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (2.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | <0.001 |
| FOBT | 59 (76.6) | 156 (90.2) | 127 (94.1) | 86 (84.3) | 20 (87.0) | 71 (93.4) | 0.003 |
| Sigmoidoscopy | 16 (20.8) | 78 (45.1) | 98 (72.6) | 61 (59.8) | 15 (65.2) | 41 (54.0) | <0.001 |
| Barium enema | 31 (40.3) | 113 (65.3) | 105 (77.8) | 75 (73.5) | 19 (82.6) | 58 (76.3) | <0.001 |
| Colonoscopy | 39 (50.7) | 133 (76.9) | 126 (93.3) | 87 (85.3) | 23 (100.0) | 72 (94.7) | <0.001 |
| CT colonoscopy | 16 (20.8) | 53 (30.6) | 70 (51.9) | 33 (32.4) | 15 (65.2) | 45 (59.2) | <0.001 |
Data presented as percentage of screening method by each specialty. FOBT, fecal occult blood test; CEA, carcinoembryonic antigen; CT; computed tomography.