TY - JOUR
T1 - Colonoscopy for Colorectal Cancer Screening
T2 - Current Challenges and Future Directions
AU - Morales, Amilcar L.
AU - Magulick, John P.
AU - Womeldorph, Craig
AU - Young, Patrick E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, Springer Science+Business Media New York (outside the USA).
PY - 2014/2
Y1 - 2014/2
N2 - It is estimated that over 50,000 people will die from colorectal cancer (CRC) in 2014, making CRC the third leading cause of cancer death in the USA. During the last decade, we gained a better understanding of CRC pathophysiology and improved techniques for CRC prevention. Colonoscopy, as a cancer prevention measure, is essential in this task. Our article will review several aspects of colonoscopy and its use in CRC prevention. In addition, we will cover non-technical aspect such as quality measures, improving colonoscopy uptake, new bowel preparation formulations, sedation, and quality metrics. Next, we will discuss advances in technology and techniques including water immersion, new colonoscopes, and new imaging methods. Finally, we will cover two areas of major recent interest, “resect and discard” and sessile serrated polyps.
AB - It is estimated that over 50,000 people will die from colorectal cancer (CRC) in 2014, making CRC the third leading cause of cancer death in the USA. During the last decade, we gained a better understanding of CRC pathophysiology and improved techniques for CRC prevention. Colonoscopy, as a cancer prevention measure, is essential in this task. Our article will review several aspects of colonoscopy and its use in CRC prevention. In addition, we will cover non-technical aspect such as quality measures, improving colonoscopy uptake, new bowel preparation formulations, sedation, and quality metrics. Next, we will discuss advances in technology and techniques including water immersion, new colonoscopes, and new imaging methods. Finally, we will cover two areas of major recent interest, “resect and discard” and sessile serrated polyps.
KW - Bowel preparation
KW - Cap-assisted colonoscopy
KW - Colonoscopy
KW - Colonoscopy uptake
KW - Colorectal cancer
KW - Enhanced imaging technology
KW - Quality metrics
KW - Resect and discard
KW - Screening
KW - Sessile serrated polyps
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84916899192&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11888-014-0257-y
DO - 10.1007/s11888-014-0257-y
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84916899192
SN - 1556-3790
VL - 11
JO - Current Colorectal Cancer Reports
JF - Current Colorectal Cancer Reports
IS - 1
ER -