Impact of racial disparities in follow-up and quality of colonoscopy on colorectal cancer outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The benefits of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening programs rely on completing follow-up colonoscopy when a noncolonoscopy test is abnormal and on quality of colonoscopy screening as measured by the endoscopists' adenoma detection rate. Existing data demonstrate substantially lower follow-up colonoscopy rates and adenoma detection rate for Black Americans than White Americans. However, the contributions of racial differences in follow-up colonoscopy and adenoma detection rate on CRC outcomes have not been rigorously evaluated.

Methods

We used established and validated CRC-Adenoma Incidence and Mortality (CRC-AIM) model as our analysis platform, with inputs from published literature that report lower follow-up colonoscopy rates and adenoma detection rate in Black ad

SUBMITTER: Alagoz O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11542987 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature