Table 1

Schedule of the surveillance strategies*

Year after diagnosis123456911141619
Base-case strategies (assumes 3 years of CT)
 Standard of careOC+CTCTCTOCOCOCOC
 CTC-basedCTCCTCTOCOCOCOC
Scenario analysis strategies (assumes 5 years of CT)
 Standard of careOC+CTCTCTOC+CTCTOCOCOC
 CTC-basedCTCCTCTCTCCTOCOCOC
Scenario analysis strategies (assumes less intensive OC follow-up)
 Standard of careOC+CTCTCTOCOCOC
 CTC-basedCTCCTCTOCOCOC
  • *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.