Table 1

Summary of Western reports of larger series of flat colorectal tumours

SourceType of studyNo of patients with flat lesions/all pts (%)No of flat adenomas/all benign tumours (%)No of flat carcinomas/all carcinomas
*Both protruding and flat tumours.
Wolber and Owen19Retrospective18/210 (8.6) 29/340 (8.5)2/2
Jaramillo et al6Prospective55/178 (31.4)106/261 (40.7)3/12
Fujii et al21ProspectiveNo data; 47/208 (22) with tumours* 28/68 (41)2/7
Rembacken et al22ProspectiveNo data; 225/1000 (22.5) with tumours*119/321 (36.7)4/31
Lanspa et al20Prospective18/148 (12) 66/136 (48.5)None
Saitoh et al23Prospective48/211 (22.7) 57/139 (44.4)3/57
Kiesslich et al24ProspectiveNo data; 79/100 with tumours* 5/26 (19.2)1/6