Published in Medical Imaging Law Weekly, July 5th, 2005
According to a study from the United States, "Surveillance colonoscopy in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) is advocated for early diagnosis of neoplasia but is imperfect because some patients develop cancer despite surveillance. We sought to determine if any endoscopic factors during surveillance colonoscopy were associated with the diagnosis of colorectal dysplasia before the development of cancer."
"We reviewed the Mayo Clinic endoscopic database and medical records of patients with IBD who underwent Surveillance colonoscopy between January 2002 and...
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