San Diego—People with low-risk adenomas (LRAs) on screening colonoscopy can be considered at average risk for malignancies and therefore may not need more intensive colonoscopic surveillance, Canadian researchers have found.
“Our results suggest that a five- to 10-year surveillance interval for low-risk adenomas is too intensive, and that it is safe to go 10 years,” said Catherine Dube, MD, of the University of Ottawa, in Ontario, who led the systematic review and