From: A prospective analysis of false positive events in a National Colon Cancer Surveillance Program
Examination/test | Surveillance cycle (postoperative months) | ||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 30 | 36 | 42 | 48 | 54 | 60 | |
Chest x-ray | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||
Liver ultrasonography | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||
Colonoscopy | X | X | |||||||||||||
CEA measurement | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Clinical examination | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |