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Surveillance Colonoscopy Should be Targeted to High-Risk Patients, U-M Researcher Says

Published in Cancer Weekly, July 6th, 2010

Surveillance colonoscopy is effective and cost-effective when targeted to high-risk patients, according to new research from a University of Michigan physician. However, overuse of surveillance colonoscopy could be excessively costly or even harmful.

"Surveillance colonoscopy is a widely accepted and utilized practice that has the potential to decrease the burden of colorectal cancer. Yet, this practice also carries considerable monetary and resource costs as well as the risk of procedure-related complications," said the study's lead author, Sameer Dev Saini, M.D., M.S., a clinical lecturer in the U-M Department of Internal Medicine and an investigator for Ann Arbor VA...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2010-07-06)

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