BSG/ACPGBI guidance on the management of colorectal polyps in patients with limited life expectancy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Determining optimal management of colorectal polyps in patients with limited life expectancy of under 10 years can be difficult, due to challenges balancing an uncertain natural history of polyp progression to symptomatic malignancy versus the increased risk and consequences of polypectomy complications.

Aim

This British Society of Gastroenterology and Association of Coloproctologists of Great Britain and Ireland guidance aims to help clinicians and patients consider these risks to aid decision-making for polypectomy versus a conservative approach.

Methods

A guidance development group comprising 28 members was established, including gastroenterologists, colorectal surgeons, elderly care physicians, anaesthetists, epidemiologists, nurse endoscopists, a gener

SUBMITTER: Rutter MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12505095 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature