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Table 3 Characteristics of the eleven patients with recurrent disease

From: Surveillance for early stages of colon cancer: potentials for optimizing follow-up protocols

Patient

Initial stage

Adjuvant chemotherapy after surgery

Site of recurrence

Presence of symptoms

Timing of recurrence (months)

Diagnostic tool

1

I

No

Liver

No

6

CEUS and CT

2

I

No

Local and lung

No

24

CEUS and CT

3

IIA

No

Lung

No

48

CT

4

IIA

No

Liver

No

18

CEUS and CT

5

IIA

Yes

Lung

No

18

CT

6

IIA + I

No

Liver

No

18

CT

7

IIA

No

Liver

Abdominal pain

42

CEUS and CT

8

IIA

Yes

Lung

No

24

CT

9

IIA

No

Local

No

12

CT

10

I

No

Local

No

12

Colonoscopy

11

IIB

No

Liver

No

12

CT

  1. CEUS contrast-enhanced ultrasound
  2. CT computed tomography