A higher adenoma detection rate is associated with increased detection of colorectal cancer during screening colonoscopies, demonstrating that CRC incidence and mortality after index colonoscopy result not only from missed precancerous lesions but also from missed cancers, according to an analysis of the GI Quality Improvement Consortium (GIQuIC) database.
“We saw that ADR is associated with the detection of [advanced adenomas (AAs)] and [sessile serrated lesions (SSLs)], but that’s