JANUARY 15, 2019

Surveillance Intervals for IBD Colitis May Be Too Strict

Surveillance intervals for colorectal neoplasia can probably be loosened for some patients with inflammatory bowel disease with colitis, according to a multinational study.

“Within this large surveillance cohort of persons with long-standing IBD colitis and no additional high-risk features for colorectal neoplasia, having two consecutive negative surveillance colonoscopies predicted a low, potentially negligible, risk of advanced neoplasia—defined as high-grade dysplasia or