Incidence of Interval Colorectal Cancer Attributable to an Endoscopist in Clinical Practice

Endoscopists who encounter an interval colorectal cancer (I-CRC) may be concerned about the implications because I-CRCs may represent a lapse in colonoscopy quality and a missed opportunity for prevention. To determine the I-CRC rate per colonoscopy examination and to examine the effect of colonoscopy volume and adenoma detection rate (ADR) on the number of I-CRCs attributable to an endoscopist.

Source: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy - May 24, 2018 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Furkan U. Ertem, Uri Ladabaum, Ateev Mehrotra, Shahrzad Tehranian, Zhuo Shi, Melissa Saul, Michele Morris, Seth D. Crockett, Robert E. Schoen Source Type: research