DECEMBER 13, 2016

Adenoma Bulk May Predict Tumors After Colonoscopy

image

Las Vegas—In patients undergoing colonoscopy, measuring adenoma bulk appears to be as good as a standard approach with histology for predicting the subsequent development of advanced metachronous neoplasia, researchers have found.

Even in a subset of subjects with three or more tubular adenomas of less than 1 cm, adenoma bulk was as good as the standard strategy for risk calculation, according to the analysis of nearly 1,950 patients.

Based on these data, measuring adenoma bulk appears to