Clinical characterisation of patients included in the study and clinical and pathological characterisation of carcinomas and adenomas
| Patient | Age at diagnosis (y) | Familial history (CRC) | No of carcinomas | No of adenomas | Localisation of adenomas | Size of adenomas (cm) | Histological characterisation of the adenomas |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TA, tubular adenoma; TVA, tubulovillous adenoma; LGD, low grade dysplasia; HGD, high grade dysplasia. | |||||||
| 1 | 75 | No | 1 (right colon) | 20–50 | Whole colon | <2 | TA (LGD and HGD) |
| 2 | 70 | No | 1 | 29 | Whole colon | 0.2–2 | TA (LGD) and hyperplastic polyps |
| 3 | 66 | No | 2 (right colon) | 6 | Whole colon | – | TA and TVA (LGD and HGD) |
| 4 | 70 | No | 0 | 12 | Whole colon | – | TA and TVA (LGD and HGD) |
| 5 | 44 | No | 1 (right colon) | 50 | Whole colon | 0.5–1 | TA (LGD) |
| 6 | 35 | No | 0 | 20–30 | Whole colon | 0.5–3 | TA and TVA (LGD) |
| 7 | 73 | No | 0 | 30 | Whole colon | 1–4 | TA and TVA (LGD and HGD) |
| 8 | 42 | No | 0 | 40–50 | Whole colon | 0.2–2 | TA and TVA (LGD) and hyperplastic polyps |
| 9 | 57 | No | 0 | 28 | Whole colon | 0.5–2 | TA and TVA (LGD and HGD) and hyperplastic polyps (n=1) |
| 10 | 48 | Yes | 1 (rectum) | 30–40 | Whole colon | <1 | TA (LGD) |
| 11 | 69 | No | 1 (right colon) | 43 | Whole colon | 0.5–2 | TA and TV (LGD) and hyperplastic polyps (n=37) |
| 12 | 73 | No | 1 (right colon) | 30 | Whole colon | – | – |
| 13 | 56 | No | 1 (left colon) and 2 (right colon) | 8 | Whole colon | 0.2–1.4 | TA and TVA (LGD) |
| 14 | 73 | Yes | 0 | 13 | Right colon | 0.3–2 | TA (LGD), hyperplastic (n=2) and serrated polyps (n=1) |
| 15 | 34 | Yes | 0 | 7 | Whole colon | 0.4–2 | TA and TVA (LGD and HGD) and hyperplastic polyps (n=1) |
| 16 | 70 | Yes | 1 (left colon, mucinous) | 9 | Left colon | 0.2–3 | TA and TVA (LGD) and hyperplastic polyps (n=1) |