Predicting the presence of adenomatous polyps during colonoscopy with National Cancer Institute Colorectal Cancer Risk-Assessment Tool.

CONCLUSION: Patients with the higher NCI risk score have higher risk of AP and subsequent CRC; therefore, measures to increase the effectiveness of CRC detection in these patients include longer withdrawal time, early surveillance colonoscopy, and choosing flexible colonoscopy over other CRC screening modalities.
PMID: 30228785 [PubMed - in process]

Source: World Journal of Gastroenterology : WJG - September 14, 2018 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Tariq H, Kamal MU, Patel H, Patel R, Ameen M, Elona S, Khalifa M, Azam S, Zhang A, Kumar K, Baiomi A, Shaikh D, Makker J Tags: World J Gastroenterol Source Type: research