These findings have implications for the screening of survivors of childhood or young adult-related cancers that are independent of prior abdominopelvic radiation therapy.
Daily supplementation with vitamin D3, calcium did not significantly reduce the risk of recurrent adenomas.
Risk of colorectal adenoma recurrence up for men with low recreation activity, high sedentary time.
Mutations in four genes never before associated with colorectal cancer have been found to raise a person’s risk for the disease by up to 40%.
A recent study uncovered adenoma detection rates significantly higher than those set in national guidelines.
People with Lynch syndrome who eat a lot of snack foods were twice as likely as others with this condition to develop colorectal adenomas.
A 2-hour course designed to increase clinicians’ adenoma detection rate (ADR) made a big difference, even for experienced endoscopists.
It may be reasonable to use methods other than colonoscopy to rescreen people who had negative results on their first screening colonoscopy.
Two of three main recommendations for colonoscopy surveillance are now supported by stronger evidence than they were in 2006.
Dividing bowel preparation solution into two doses resulted in better preparation quality, detection rates, and colonoscopy completion rates.
