Mixed Results Seen for PREEMPT CRC Screening Test

The PREEMPT CRC study met its primary end points but with a lower magnitude of benefit than investigators had ...

JUNE 6, 2025

Coordinated CRC Screening Outreach Found Effective in 2 Studies

Two new studies support the use of mailed fecal immunochemical colorectal cancer screening kits with follow-up to ...

MAY 16, 2025

Novel Stool-Based CRC Screening Test Yields Impressive Early Results

A stool-based test that combines biomarkers of CRC using an AI–driven algorithm showed high sensitivity for ...

JANUARY 17, 2025

Positives, Negatives and Unknowns of AI-Assisted Colonoscopy

Computer-assisted detection of colorectal polyps, based on the application of AI, has rapidly gained traction and ...

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

FIT Reduces Deaths From Colorectal Cancer

Evidence is emerging for the power of fecal immunochemical testing to not only reduce colorectal cancer incidence ...

AUGUST 13, 2024

Colonoscopy Quality

In this issue of Sharma’s Endoscopy Insights, I focus on colonoscopy quality metrics.

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

SSLs Found in 6% of FIT-Positive Patients

In patients with positive results on FIT, adenoma detection rates have been reported, but less is known about the ...

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Best Approach to CRC Screening For Young Adults: Mailed FIT Kits

A study of more than 20,000 average-risk adults has shed some light on the best way to offer colorectal cancer ...

JUNE 20, 2023

After Positive Stool Test, Colonoscopy Should Look Closely for Serrated Polyps

Clinically important serrated polyps are more likely to be detected in patients who had a positive stool DNA test.

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

FIT DNA Screening Results Have Multiple Implications for Follow-up Colonoscopy

Colonoscopies performed after abnormal FIT DNA tests were more beneficial than those done after positive results on ...

JANUARY 19, 2023

Data Support Adjusting ADR Targets For Patients With Positive FIT Results

San Diego—For patients undergoing colonoscopy after a positive result on a fecal immunochemical test, adenoma ...

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Stool-Based Testing Could Reduce Unnecessary Surveillance Colonoscopies

San Diego—Stool-based post-polypectomy surveillance was predicted to result in a safe reduction in the number ...

AUGUST 15, 2022