Table 3

Cases of colorectal cancer presenting in patients with f-Hb <10 µg/g but who had been referred from primary care on clinical judgement (n=12)

Urgency of referral	Age	Gender	Symptoms	Hb (g/L)	Tumour size (mm)	Tumour site	Dukes stage
USC	78	M	IDA, altered bowel habit	120	26	Descending	A
Urgent	87	F	IDA	108	28	Caecum	Polyp cancer
Urgent	74	F	IDA	102	60	Caecum	N/A
Urgent	66	M	IDA, weight loss	94	57	Transverse	B
Routine	76	F	Alternating diarrhoea/constipation	132	13	Caecum	Polyp cancer
Urgent	76	M	Abdominal pain, constipation	138	22	Sigmoid	C2
Routine	58	M	Rectal bleeding	134	8	Descending	Polyp cancer
Urgent	54	F	IDA	65	30	Transverse	B
USC	89	M	IDA	71	17	Transverse	Polyp cancer
USC	84	F	IDA, weight loss	98	N/A	Caecum	N/A
Urgent	67	M	Alternating diarrhoea/constipation, abdominal pain, weight loss	134	N/A	Transverse	N/A
USC	60	F	Alternating diarrhoea/constipation	139	N/A	Transverse	N/A

IDA, iron deficiency anaemia; N/A, not applicable; USC, urgent suspected cancer.