Colorectal adenomatous and serrated polyps in rural South Australia: who, why, what and where?

• Published in: ANZ journal of surgery Vol. 93; no. 12; pp. 2939 - 2945
• Main Authors: Watson, Matthew M., Besley, Matthew, Beukes, Eben, Bhattacharjya, Shantanu, Bierton, Christopher, Bruening, Martin, Chaloob, Salim, Dobbins, Christopher, Estakhri, Aliakhbar, Finlay, Ben, Gan, Siang, Gunning, Thomas, Green, Luke, Harris, Mark, Hassen, Tiffany, Heitmann, Paul, Humeniuk, Vladimir, Hussain, Rafat, Kanhere, Harsh, Kiroff, George, Khoo, Teng‐Wei, Kuan, Li Lian, Lauder, Christopher, Lim, Alicia, Lu, Victoria, Maddern, Guy, McCullough, Timothy, Olakkengil, Santosh, Pradhan, Chetan, Prasad, Shalvin, Ralph, Quentin, Shepherdson, Mia, Smith, Richard, Thakore, Nainoor, Ting, Ying Yang, Traeger, Luke, Trochsler, Markus, Watson, Matthew, Wichmann, Matthias, Watson, Dianne C., Maddern, Guy J., Wichmann, Matthias W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Melbourne John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd 01.12.2023; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Adenoma; Adenoma - diagnosis; Adenomatous Polyps - epidemiology; Adult; Age; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Australia - epidemiology; Blood; Cancer; Colonic Polyps - pathology; Colonoscopy; Colonoscopy - methods; Colorectal cancer; Colorectal carcinoma; Colorectal Neoplasms - pathology; Gender; Histopathology; Humans; Indication; Male; Middle Aged; Polyps; rural surgery; serrated polyp; South Australia - epidemiology; Tumors; Variation; Australia; South Australia; adenoma; serrated polyp; rural surgery; colonoscopy

Backgrounds The adenoma‐carcinoma and serrated pathways offer a window of opportunity for the removal of pre‐malignant polyps and prevention of colorectal cancer (CRC) through the use of colonoscopy. The aim of this study was to investigate variation in polyp incidence in different age groups, gende...