The risk of developing colorectal cancer in patients with colitis-associated dysplasia is considerable. Surveillance programs in patients with ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease aim to detect ...
Credit: Getty Images A 29-year-old man undergoes a total proctocolectomy with end-to-end ileostomy after 2 years of surveillance for ulcerative colitis. A 29-year-old White man presents in May 2023 ...
Although the risk of developing dysplasia and carcinomas in the colon is known to increase over time in patients with ulcerative colitis, data are scarce on the need for surveillance colonoscopies in ...
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has a well-established association with the development of colorectal cancer, with both ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease known to increase the risk for this ...
Superiority of chromoendoscopy in dysplasia detection in patients with colitis, landmark study shows
Chromoendoscopy is superior to random biopsy or white-light colonoscopy in detecting dysplasia in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), according to a long-term surveillance study.
In a Healio video exclusive, Rene D. Gomez-Esquivel, MD, discusses risk factors for pediatric colon cancer, as well as best practices for screening and lesion resection, from his presentation at the ...
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., March 5, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) and the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) have issued updated ...
Use of an electronic health record (iKnowMed), in conjunction with evidence-based pathways, for data capture and outcome measurement in colorectal cancer patients treated with first-line therapy in ...
Dysplasia refers to the abnormal development of cells within tissues or organs. It can lead to various conditions that involve enlarged tissue, such as hip dysplasia. It can also lead to the formation ...
A: Serrated adenomas are polyps that simultaneously demonstrate the serrated architecture typical of hyperplastic polyps and the epithelial dysplasia of conventional adenomas. They are a subset of a ...
After demonstrating that light accurately detected pre-cancerous cells in the lining of the esophagus, bioengineers turned their technology to the colon and have achieved similar results in a series ...
DURHAM, N.C. – After demonstrating that light accurately detected pre-cancerous cells in the lining of the esophagus, Duke University bioengineers turned their technology to the colon and have ...
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