Quality Indicators for Colonoscopy and the Risk of Interval Cancer

• Published in: The New England journal of medicine Vol. 362; no. 19; pp. 1795 - 1803
• Main Authors: Kaminski, Michal F, Regula, Jaroslaw, Kraszewska, Ewa, Polkowski, Marcin, Wojciechowska, Urszula, Didkowska, Joanna, Zwierko, Maria, Rupinski, Maciej, Nowacki, Marek P, Butruk, Eugeniusz
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Waltham, MA Massachusetts Medical Society 13.05.2010
• Subjects: Adenoma - diagnosis; Adult; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Clinical Competence; Colonic Polyps - diagnosis; Colonoscopy - standards; Colorectal cancer; Colorectal Neoplasms - diagnosis; Digestive system. Abdomen; Early Detection of Cancer - standards; Endoscopy; General aspects; Humans; Intubation; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Medical sciences; Medical screening; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Poland; Proportional Hazards Models; Quality Indicators, Health Care; Risk Factors; Poland; Medicine; Quality assurance; Colonoscopy; Risk factor; Risk; Endoscopy; Malignant tumor; Cancer; Interval

In this large study of colorectal-cancer screening, the endoscopist's rate of adenoma detection was associated with the risk of interval colorectal cancer after screening colonoscopy. Colorectal cancers were less likely to be diagnosed between screening examinations when colonoscopies were perf...