Impact of Expanding Screening Colonoscopy Interval on Providers Choice of Prescribing Colonoscopy for Colorectal Cancer Screening

CONCLUSIONS: Expanding colonoscopy screening interval to 15 years could produce an increase in physicians and nurse practitioners choice of using colonoscopy for CRC screening, but the clinical impact appears minor. Additional surveys of patients and providers are needed.PMID:34653063 | DOI:10.1097/MCG.0000000000001628

Source: Clinical Colorectal Cancer - October 15, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Douglas K Rex Rachel E Lahr Daniel A Handel Kevin B Gebke Krishna C Vemulapalli Source Type: research