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Table 1 Presenting symptoms and signs for 194 patients with colorectal cancer

From: The diagnosis of colorectal cancer in patients with symptoms: finding a needle in a haystack

Symptom

Percentage of patients

Fecal occult blood test positive

77

Rectal bleeding

58

Anemia*

57

Abdominal pain

52

Weight loss

39

Anorexia

27

Constipation

27

Altered stools

25

Fatigue

25

Diarrhea

22

Nausea and vomiting

22

Tenesmus

8

Mucus in stools

6

Rectal pain

5

Obstruction

4

  1. Adapted from Majumdar et al. [1].
  2. *Anemia = a hemoglobin of < 13.4 g/dl in men or < 12.3 g/dl in women.
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BMC Medicine

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