Risk and Cause of Interval Colorectal Cancer after Colonoscopic Polypectomy

• Published in: Digestion Vol. 86; no. 2; pp. 148 - 154
• Main Authors: Huang, Yinglong, Gong, Wei, Su, Bingzhong, Zhi, Fachao, Liu, Side, Jiang, Bo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland S. Karger AG 01.01.2012
• Subjects: Adenoma - diagnosis; Adenoma - surgery; Adenoma, Villous - diagnosis; Adenoma, Villous - surgery; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Carcinoma - diagnosis; Carcinoma - epidemiology; Carcinoma - etiology; Cohort Studies; Colonic Polyps - diagnosis; Colonic Polyps - surgery; Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer; Colorectal Neoplasms - diagnosis; Colorectal Neoplasms - epidemiology; Colorectal Neoplasms - etiology; Diagnostic Errors; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Incidence; Male; Medical Errors; Middle Aged; Original Paper; Precancerous Conditions - diagnosis; Precancerous Conditions - surgery; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Polypectomy; Interval colorectal cancer; Adenoma; Surveillance

Background: To investigate the cause and risk of interval colorectal cancer (ICC) in patients undergoing surveillance colonoscopy within 5 years after colonoscopic polypectomy. Patients and Methods: We retrospectively analyzed data (endoscopy, pathology, demography) of patients who received surveill...