In honor of National Colorectal Cancer (CRC) Awareness Month, we’re providing you with the top three articles to read from the March CRC-themed issue of Gastroenterology.
AGA guidance: use of noninvasive CRC screening options
The new AGA Clinical Practice Update on Approach to the Use of the Noninvasive Colorectal Cancer Screening Options: Commentary offers advice regarding the use and effectiveness of noninvasive CRC screening tests, including appropriate patient selection guided by colorectal cancer risk. The Clinical Practice Update also provides key concepts for establishment of a high-quality CRC screening program.
Editor’s pick: adenoma detection rate (ADR)
Drs. Aasma Shaukat, Douglas K. Rex, Michael Shyne, Timothy R. Church and David G. Perdue published a research letter: Adenoma Detection Rates for 45- to 49-Year Old Screening Population. The study found that the addition of 45- to 49-year olds to the screening population is unlikely to change, to a noticeable degree, the composite ADR of endoscopists unless the younger group significantly shifts the age distribution to younger individuals.
Video summary: potential effects of lowering the colorectal cancer screening age
In this Rapid Reel, get a three-minute overview of the new paper by Drs. Seth D. Crockett and Uri Ladabaum: Potential Effects of Lowering Colorectal Cancer Screening Age to 45 Years on Colonoscopy Demand, Case Mix, and Adenoma Detection Rate.