Towards Universal Screening for Colon Cancer: A Cheap, Reliable, Noninvasive Test Using Gene Expression Analysis of Rectal Swabs

<table class="table-group" id="tab5"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="2"></td><td align="center" colspan="2">Number of patients with altered gene expression</td></tr><tr><td align="center">Swab samples</td><td align="center">Biopsy samples</td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Cancer (<svg height="11.1" id="M50" style="vertical-align:-0.17555pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 35.099998 11.1" width="35.099998" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
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<tspan style="font-size: 12.50px; " x="21.71771" y="0">5</tspan>
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</svg>)</td><td align="center">5/5 (100%)</td><td align="center">NA</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Polyps (<svg height="11.1" id="M51" style="vertical-align:-0.17555pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 42.912498 11.1" width="42.912498" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
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<tspan style="font-size: 12.50px; " x="21.71771" y="0">3</tspan>
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</svg>)</td><td align="center">26/37 (70%)</td><td align="center">25/37 (68%)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Summary of patients with altered gene expression in three groups versus control group.

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Table 5: Towards Universal Screening for Colon Cancer: A Cheap, Reliable, Noninvasive Test Using Gene Expression Analysis of Rectal Swabs 