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 ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In her presentation, Erin Bouquet, MD, from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, said current guidelines ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 73-year-old male. This year, I had a colonoscopy. They found some small polyps and one larger polyp. All polyps tested negative for cancer. I have had two previous colonoscopies ...

SAN DIEGO — The majority of colorectal cancers (CRCs) that emerge following a negative colonoscopy and polypectomy occur prior to recommended surveillance exams, and those cases are more likely to be ...

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 ...

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 ...