Colonoscopy screening and surveillance guidelines

Screening and Surveillance Colonoscopy

Colorectal cancer is a major cause of worldwide morbidity and mortality. As such, there are many guidelines and recommendations set forth by various medical societ‐ ies regarding colonoscopy for screening and surveillance. The universal goal of these guidelines is to reduce colorectal cancer prevalence and mortality. Recommendations for colorectal cancer screening and surveillance using colonos...

Screening and Surveillance Colonoscopy

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second most frequent malignant disease in Europe. Every year, 412,000 people are diagnosed with this condition, and 207,000 patients die of it. Secondary prevention of CRC consists of early diagnosis of the disease in asymptomatic individuals (screening) and long term follow up of high risk patients (surveillance). Three groups of screening methods are currently a...

Issues in Screening and Surveillance Colonoscopy

Korean Guidelines for Postpolypectomy Colonoscopy Surveillance

Postpolypectomy surveillance has become a major indication for colonoscopy as a result of increased use of screening colonoscopy in Korea. In this report, a careful analytic approach was used to address all available evidences to delineate the predictors for advanced neoplasia at surveillance colonoscopy and we elucidated the high risk findings of the index colonoscopy as follows: 3 or more ade...

Guidelines for colorectal cancer screening and surveillance.