The researchers studied 4,883 CRC patients. Of those, 7.9 percent or 388 cases were early or missed CRC, defined as cases diagnosed 6-36 months after a colonoscopy. This finding suggests that approximately 1 in 13 CRC cases may be due to early or missed CRC. Independent risk factors for early or missed CRC include prior colonoscopy, performance of index colonoscopy by family physicians, recent year of CRC diagnosis and proximal site of CRC. The results also suggest women are more likely to have early or missed CRC.
Read the article about early or missed CRC.
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