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. 2021 Feb 3;6(4):304–314. doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(21)00003-0

Table 3.

Changes in colorectal cancer diagnoses and deaths between 2020 and 2050 relative to undisrupted screening for MISCAN-Colon, ASCCA, Policy1-Bowel, and OncoSim

Comparator scenario 6-month disruption, no recovery period, and no catch-up screening 3-month disruption, no recovery period, and no catch-up screening 12-month disruption, no recovery period, and no catch-up screening 6-month disruption, 6-month recovery period (participation reduced by 50% in first 3 months and 25% in second 3 months), and no catch-up screening 6-month disruption, 6-month recovery period (participation reduced by 50%), and no catch-up screening 6-month disruption, no recovery period, and immediate catch-up screening 6-month disruption, no recovery period, and delayed catch-up screening
MISCAN-Colon (Netherlands)
Change in number of colorectal cancer diagnoses
2020 12 512 −1558 (−12·5%) −759 (−6·1%) −2412 (−19·3%) −2198 (−17·6%) −2198 (−17·6%) −626 (−5·0%) −1408 (−11·3%)
2021 12 970 363 (2·8%) 183 (1·4%) −166 (−1·3%) 194 (1·5%) −31 (−0·2%) 895 (6·9%) 555 (4·3%)
2022 12 977 737 (5·7%) 363 (2·8%) 1312 (10·1%) 1178 (9·1%) 850 (9·4%) −125 (−1·0%) 1620 (12·5%)
2023 13 400 102 (0·8%) 43 (0·3%) 495 (3·7%) 310 (2·3%) 433 (3·2%) −50 (−0·4%) −287 (−2·1%)
2024 13 526 323 (2·4%) 153 (1·1%) 547 (4·0%) 462 (3·4%) 481 (3·6%) −25 (−0·2%) −104 (−0·4%)
2020–50 451 697 803 (0·2%) 414 (0·1%) 1619 (0·4%) 1147 (0·2%) 1255 (0·3%) −36 (0·0%) −67 (0·0%)
Change in number of colorectal cancer deaths
2020–50 169 016 678 (0·4%) 324 (0·2%) 1360 (0·8%) 975 (0·6%) 609 (0·6%) −7 (0·0%) −52 (0·0%)
ASCCA (Netherlands)
Change in number of colorectal cancer diagnoses
2020 13 562 −1866 (−13·8%) −933 (−6·9%) −2799 (−20·6%) −2559 (−18·9%) −2566 (−18·9%) −932 (−6·9%) −1760 (−13·0%)
2021 13 473 309 (2·3%) 154 (1·1%) −457 (−3·4%) 54 (0·4%) −266 (−2·0%) 1261 (9·4%) 757 (5·6%)
2022 13 146 1104 (8·4%) 552 (4·2%) 1807 (13·7%) 1610 (12·2%) 1657 (12·6%) −131 (−1·0%) 1982 (15·1%)
2023 13 213 125 (0·9%) 63 (0·5%) 739 (5·6%) 416 (3·1%) 606 (4·6%) −19 (−0·1%) −282 (−2·1%)
2024 13 043 451 (3·5%) 226 (1·7%) 737 (5·7%) 627 (4·8%) 640 (4·9%) −37 (−0·3%) −107 (−0·8%)
2020–50 405 025 1803 (0·4%) 902 (0·2%) 3615 (0·9%) 2883 (0·7%) 3091 (0·8%) 74 (0·0%) 267 (0·1%)
Colorectal cancer deaths
2020–50 142 621 881 (0·6%) 440 (0·3%) 1762 (1·2%) 1395 (1·0%) 1500 (1·1%) 38 (0·0%) 131 (0·1%)
Policy1-Bowel (Australia)
Change in number of colorectal cancer diagnoses
2020 17 391 −1537 (−8·8%) −759 (−4·4%) −2264 (−13·0%) −2092 (−12·0%) −2075 (−11·9%) −773 (−4·4%) −1516 (−8·7%)
2021 17 397 313 (1·8%) 176 (1·0%) −286 (−1·6%) 111 (0·6%) −129 (−0·7%) 892 (5·1%) 551 (3·2%)
2022 18 458 492 (2·7%) 243 (1·3%) 548 (3·0%) 767 (4·2%) 816 (4·4%) 20 (0·1%) 534 (2·9%)
2023 18 548 202 (1·1%) 78 (0·4%) 456 (2·5%) 409 (2·2%) 456 (2·5%) 8 (0·0%) 307 (1·7%)
2024 18 618 308 (1·7%) 138 (0·7%) 454 (2·4%) 452 (2·4%) 492 (2·6%) 7 (0·0%) 305 (1·6%)
2020–50 618 564 3552 (0·6%) 1672 (0·3%) 7140 (1·2%) 5365 (0·9%) 5831 (0·9%) 205 (0·0%) 1177 (0·2%)
Change in number of colorectal cancer deaths
2020–50 196 336 1961 (1·0%) 979 (0·5%) 3968 (2·0%) 2897 (1·5%) 3233 (1·6%) 126 (0·1%) 423 (0·2%)
OncoSim (Canada)
Change in number of colorectal cancer diagnoses
2020 21 721 −1417 (−6·5%) −832 (−3·8%) −1737 (−8·0%) −1551 (−7·1%) −1628 (−7·5%) −827 (−3·8%) −1084 (−5·0%)
2021 21 970 406 (1·8%) 302 (1·4%) −238 (−1·1%) 170 (0·8%) −41 (−0·2%) 1169 (5·3%) 622 (2·8%)
2022 22 295 785 (3·5%) 1124 (5·0%) 1080 (4·8%) 923 (4·1%) 1050 (4·7%) −53 (−0·2%) 470 (2·1%)
2023 22 295 762 (3·4%) 1101 (4·9%) 1080 (4·8%) 923 (4·1%) 1050 (4·7%) −53 (−0·2%) 470 (2·1%)
2024 22 295 785 (3·5%) 1124 (5·0%) 1080 (4·8%) 923 (4·1%) 1050 (4·7%) −53 (−0·2%) 493 (2·2%)
2020–50 841 511 2844 (0·3%) 1671 (0·2%) 5212 (0·6%) 3733 (0·4%) 4393 (0·5%) 142 (0·0%) 229 (0·0%)
Change in number of colorectal cancer deaths
2020–50 311 133 1319 (0·4%) 799 (0·3%) 2366 (0·8%) 1707 (0·5%) 2002 (0·6%) 65 (0·0%) −66 (0·0%)

Data are presented as absolute change in individuals aged 50 years and older compared with the comparator scenario of undisrupted screening; numbers in parentheses show percentage change compared with the comparator scenario. MISCAN-Colon=MIcrosimulation SCreening ANalysis for colorectal cancer. ASCCA=Adenoma and Serrated pathway to Colorectal CAncer.