Patients with Gastric Polyps need Colonoscopy Screening at Younger Age: A Large Prospective Cross-Sectional Study in China

Conclusions The presence of gastric polyps is significantly associated with a higher prevalence of colorectal adenomas, especially advanced colorectal adenomas. Colonoscopy might be considered in patients with gastric polyps, of any gender, and over the age of 40.

Source: Journal of Cancer - December 14, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Shenghong Zhang, Danping Zheng, Zhiwei Yang, Liru Hong, Siew Chien Ng, Minrui Li, Shanshan Huang, Shengbing Wang, Li Li, Manying Li, Hongshi Zhang, Jinghua Lin, Bihui Zhong, Yi Cui, Minhu Chen Tags: Research Paper Source Type: research