Colon-polyp surveillance - Do patients benefit?

摘要

In March 2014, newspaper headlines trumpeted the stunning reduction in mortality from colo-rectal cancer of 30% from 2000 to 2010 in the United States. There were also significant reductions in colorectal-cancer incidence. Some of this reduction is due to colonoscopic detection and removal of adenomas. Patients in whom adenomas develop remain at risk (owing to genetics or lifestyle) for the discovery of adenomas on subsequent examinations, leading to the logical rationale for surveillance colonoscopy in adenoma-bearing patients.