Q: Five years ago, I had a routine colonoscopy where a small polyp was removed. My family doctor is advising me to have a follow-up colonoscopy now, but the gastroenterologist’s office says that I don ...

Because hazards vary over time, dynamic followup is preferred over one-size-fits-all syste ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Interval FIT was positive in 14% to 17% of patients after colonoscopy, regardless of polypectomy history. High ...

Berberine significantly reduced adenoma recurrence and colorectal neoplasm occurrence in a 6-year follow-up study of nearly 800 patients post-polypectomy. The study found that berberine's ...

Awareness of a patient’s positive fecal immunochemical test or triennial multitarget stool DNA test increased adenoma detection rates among endoscopists, according to an early view study published Dec ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Scheduling a repeat colonoscopy the day after inadequate preparation may give a better chance for adequate prep ...

The colorectal cancer mortality rate in the United States is down more than 50% from what it was two decades ago, when doctors started using the colonoscopy more as a screening tool than a diagnostic ...

Below please find summaries of new articles that will be published in the next issue of Annals of Internal Medicine. The summaries are not intended to substitute for the full articles as a source of ...

For adults who develop adenomas before age 50, the risk of developing colorectal cancer (CRC) and dying from it is low, especially for nonadvanced adenomas, but even for advanced adenomas, new data ...