We previously reported that colonoscopic polypectomy in the National Polyp Study (NPS) cohort reduced the incidence of colorectal cancer. 5 An important question is whether the cancers prevented by ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients who received Eliquis were at lower risk for post-polypectomy bleeding and thromboembolism than those ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Post-polypectomy surveillance colonoscopy was associated ...

The aim of this follow-up study was to determine the effect of polypectomy on subsequent death from colorectal cancer. The investigators followed 2602 patients who had had 1 or more polyps removed at ...

Researchers at the Syracuse (N.Y.) Veterans Affairs Medical Center found that the postpolypectomy bleeding rate is significantly higher in patients on uninterrupted clopidogrel therapy with ...

Currently, patients taking anticoagulants to prevent stroke and blood clots are often recommended to stop these medications in order to perform colonoscopy with removal of polyps. However, ...

PHOENIX — Patients with or without polyp removal in an index colonoscopy commonly receive follow-up surveillance with a fecal immunochemical test (FIT), yet many of these patients do not receive a ...

NEW YORK, June 15 (Praxis Press) Whether colonoscopy is more effective than barium enema for the detection of adenomas in polypectomy patients is unclear. Winawer and colleagues examined 580 ...

Screening commercially insured individuals for colorectal cancer is a high-value service, costing less per year of life saved than breast or cervical cancer screening. Objectives: The purpose of this ...

Elevated CEA level in the asymptomatic patient with normal conventional imaging: How useful is PET-CT for the detection of colorectal cancer recurrence? Background: Colonoscopy is recommended as the ...

Surveillance may be overperformed following detection of small adenomas (<1 cm in diameter) or polyps by colonoscopy. Guidelines recommend colonoscopy at 3 years for large adenoma and 3–5 years for ...

Screening colonoscopy is a powerful tool for prevention and early detection of colorectal cancer, but communication, program adherence, quality of screening and surveillance are essential. Poor ...