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Adenoma
New adenoma data have been reported by S. Morini and co-authors
May 19th, 2009
According to recent research from Rome, Italy, "Issues on colonoscopy quality are crucial to reduce the advanced neoplasia miss rate of colonoscopy. Recently, a> 6-min withdrawal time has been recommended." "However, the relative prevalence of polyp detected during insertion and withdrawal phases of colonoscopy is unknown. Therefore, we designed this prospective, endoscopic study. Three hundred and sixty-eight patients with 396 adenomas were selected from a consecutive colonoscopic series of 1,205 cases. Detection rates of adenomas, advanced adenomas, and cancer according to withdrawal and insertion phases of colonoscopy, also subgrouping polyps for size and...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-05-19)
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