Unraveling the Uncertainty of Endoscopic Surveillance of Colorectal Lesions

Surveillance colonoscopy aims to detect and resect metachronous premalignant lesions that occur after polypectomy or cancer resection. But what approach is best?

 

Randomized controlled trials have not directly assessed the benefit of post-polypectomy or post-cancer resection surveillance, perhaps contributing to the uncertainty about the most effective strategy, according to Oliver Peacock, MD, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery at The University of