Table 6

Cancer detection rate

SC (n=884)EAC (n=888)% Difference (one-sided 95% CI)One-sided P value
All cancers
 Global20 (2.3%)36 (4.1%)1.8 % (0.4% to ∞)0.02
 Non-BCSP5 (1.0%)10 (2.0%)1.0 % (−0.3% to ∞)0.11
 BCSP15 (3.7%)26 (6.6%)2.9 % (0.3% to ∞)0.03
Endoscopically detected cancers
 Global19 (2.2%)32 (3.6%)1.5% (0.1% to ∞)0.03
 Non-BCSP4 (0.8%)9 (1.8%)1.0 % (−0.2% to ∞)0.09
 BCSP15 (3.7%)23 (5.8%)2.1 % (−0.3% to ∞)0.08
Polyp cancers
 Global1 (0.1%)4 (0.5%)0.3 % (−0.1% to ∞)0.09
 Non-BCSP1 (0.2%)1 (0.2%)0.0 % (−0.5% to ∞)0.51
 BCSP0 (0.0%)3 (0.8%)0.8 % (0.0% to ∞)0.04
  • BCSP, Bowel Cancer Screening Programme; EAC, EV-assisted colonoscopy; SC, standard colonoscopy.