Colon Cancer

Data on colon cancer detailed by researchers at Kaiser Permanente

Published in Healthcare Mergers, Acquisitions and Ventures Week, November 17th, 2007

"Post-polypectomy surveillance is often done sooner than guideline recommendations. This practice is driven by physician intolerance of uncertainty," investigators in the United States report.

"The accompanying article by Brenner et al. supports the recommendation to wait 5 years or longer following adenoma removal before performing surveillance colonoscopy. This is particularly true for patients with 1 or 2 small adenomas. Unnecessarily aggressive post-polypectomy surveillance exposes patients to excessive risk of colonoscopy complications without clinical benefit," wrote T.R. Levin and colleagues, Kaiser Permanente.

The researchers concluded: "It...

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Source: Healthcare Mergers, Acquisitions and Ventures Week (2007-11-17)

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