We calculate the effect of the less singular terms at small x on the evolut
ion of the coefficient function in phi(3) theory in six dimensions, which r
esult from a complete solution of the ladder equation. Scale-invariant next
-to-leading order contributions are also studied. We show that the small-x
approximation does not deliver the dominant contributions. (C) 1999 Elsevie
r Science B.V. All rights reserved.