Prevalence of Colorectal Neoplasia 10 or More Years After a Negative Screening Colonoscopy in 120 000 Repeated Screening Colonoscopies.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Screening colonoscopy to prevent and early detect colorectal cancer is recommended to be repeated in 10-year intervals, which goes along with high demands of capacities and costs. Evidence of findings at screening colonoscopies conducted 10 or more years after a negative colonoscopy result is sparse, and it remains unclear whether screening colonoscopy intervals could possibly be prolonged.

Objective

To assess the prevalence of advanced colorectal neoplasms (ADNs) at least 10 years after a negative screening colonoscopy in a very large cohort of repeated screening colonoscopy participants in Germany.

Design, setting, and participants

This registry-based cross-sectional study on screening colonoscopy findings reported to the German screening colonoscopy regi

SUBMITTER: Heisser T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9857826 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature