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Adenoma
Researchers' work from Indiana University focuses on adenoma
October 21st, 2008
"The appropriate interval for endoscopic rescreening after a negative colonoscopic examination is uncertain. We identified persons with no adenomas on baseline screening colonoscopy who returned at 5 years for follow-up colonoscopy," scientists in the United States report. "Findings were categorized according to the most advanced lesion present: no polyp, a hyperplastic polyp, a tubular adenoma less than 1 cm in diameter, an advanced adenoma (a tubular adenoma >= 1 cm in diameter or a polyp with villous histologic features or high-grade dysplasia), or a cancer. Baseline screening colonoscopy had identified 2436 persons with no adenomas; 1256 of them (51.6%) were...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-10-21)
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