BACKGROUND & AIMS: Colorectal cancer screening with diagnostic imaging can detect
polyps. The management of patients whose largest polyp is less than 10 mm is uncertain. The …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: The risk of serious complications after colonoscopy has important
implications for the overall benefits of colorectal cancer screening programs. We evaluated …

Context Compared with white individuals, black men and women have a higher incidence
and mortality from colorectal cancer and may develop cancer at a younger age. Colorectal …

BACKGROUND: To assess capacity for colonoscopy, we need to understand current
utilization of colonoscopy in diverse clinical practice settings. The objective of this study was to …

Background & Aims Colorectal cancer risk differs based on patient demographics. We aimed
to measure the prevalence of significant colorectal polyps in average-risk individuals and to …

BACKGROUND: The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status classification
is a measurement of comorbidity and a predictor of perioperative morbidity and mortality. …

Background Understanding colonoscopy utilization and outcomes can help determine when
the procedure is most effective. Objective To study trends in utilization and outcomes of …

BACKGROUND: The adenoma detection rate (ADR) is one of the main quality measures for
colonoscopy, but it is burdensome to calculate and is not amenable to claims-based …

Background The adenoma detection rate (ADR) has recently been used as a quality measure
for screening colonoscopy. We hypothesize that the ADR will increase with each decade …

Background The available data regarding the prevalence, types, and clinical determinants
of colonic polyps in children is limited. Aims We aimed to estimate the prevalence of …