Overtreatment in nonmalignant lesions detected in a colorectal cancer screening program: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although colorectal cancer (CRC) screening programs reduce CRC incidence and mortality, they are associated with risks in healthy subjects. However, the risk of overtreatment and overdiagnosis has not been determined yet. The aim of this study was to report the surgery rates in patients with nonmalignant lesions detected within the first round of a fecal immunochemical test (FIT) based CRC screening program and the factors associated with it.

Methods

We included in this analysis all patients with nonmalignant lesions detected between May 2013 and June 2019 in the Galician (Spain) CRC screening program. We calculated surgery rate according to demographic variables, the risk classification according to the colonoscopy findings (European guidelines for quality assura

SUBMITTER: Cubiella J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8323280 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature