Patients at low and intermediate risk for colorectal cancer may not require postpolypectomy surveillance, according to research published in Gut. Amanda J. Cross, PhD, of the department of surgery and ...

A new study that compares cold snare polypectomy with conventional polypectomy for the removal of small colorectal polyps in anticoagulated patients. The study showed that delayed bleeding requiring ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Polypectomy is a fundamental practice in colonoscopy, well known to effectively reduce colon cancer incidence ...

Surveillance colonoscopy has a low yield for detecting significant neoplasms after polypectomy, yet about 25% of colonoscopies in the U.S. are performed for postpolypectomy surveillance, and the ...

Cold snare polypectomy (CSP) is superior to hot snare polypectomy (HSP) for colorectal polyps measuring 4-10 mm, a pragmatic randomized controlled trial confirms. In the Taiwan Cold Polypectomy Study, ...

Preoperative radiotherapy for select T4 primary and locally recurrent colon cancers: Experience from an Australian quaternary centre. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting ...

Annual fecal immunochemical test-based surveillance could be as effective as colonoscopies in reducing long-term colorectal cancer incidence and mortality, according to a recent study published in ...

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 ...

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 ...

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. – March 21, 2014 – In recognition of National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy has published a special issue for March on colorectal cancer. The ...

GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy has published a special issue for March on colorectal cancer in recognition of National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. The issue includes a new study that compares ...