Erschienen in:
05.09.2022 | Editorial
Polyp Fact or Polyp Fiction: Endoscopic Identification of Polyps Using Established Criteria to Improve the Quality of Endoscopic Evaluation and Cost Effectiveness
verfasst von:
Ihsan Al Bayati, Sarah Al Obaidi, Mohammed Bashashati
Erschienen in:
Digestive Diseases and Sciences
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Ausgabe 2/2023
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Excerpt
The primary means of colorectal cancer prevention is resection of premalignant colonic polyps during screening and surveillance colonoscopies. The downtrend in the incidence and mortality of colon cancer in the USA [
1] is thought to be related to the implementation of colon cancer screening programs, the increased quality of endoscopic examination, and the development of technologies and instrumentation aimed at improving polyp detection and resection [
2,
3]. …