Guidelines for Colonoscopy Surveillance after Polypectomy: A Consensus Update by the US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer and the American Cancer Society,

J. Winawer, Sidney; G. Zauber, Ann; H. Fletcher, Robert; Sydney Stillman, J.; J. O’Brien, Michael; Levin, B.; A. Smith, Robert; A. Lieberman, David; W. Burt, Randall; R. Levin, Theodore; H. Bond, John; Brooks, Durado; Byers, T.; Hyman, Neil; M. Kirk, Lynne; Thorson, Anna; L. Simmang, Clifford; A. Johnson, David; K. Rex, Douglas

doi:10.3322/canjclin.56.3.143

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Guidelines for Colonoscopy Surveillance after Polypectomy: A Consensus Update by the US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer and the American Cancer Society,

Published in CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians • May 1, 2006

Authors:

Sidney J. Winawer

Ann G. Zauber

Robert H. Fletcher

Abstract

Adenomatous polyps are the most common neoplastic findings uncovered in people who undergo colorectal screening or have a diagnostic workup for symptoms. It was common practice in the 1970s for these patients to have annual follow-up surveillance examinations to detect additional new adenomas as wel...

Subject

Medicine

Colonoscopy

Polypectomy

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