Abstract
Recent evidence indicates that interval cancers (tumors detected relatively soon after a negative colonoscopy or a polypectomy) are more common than was previously thought (Journal Watch Gastroenterology Aug 9 2005). In two separate studies, investigators reviewed the medical records of colorectal cancer patients at a Veteran Affairs hospital to compare the characteristics of interval and noninterval cancers. In the first study, 45 (5.4%) of 830 patients had received their diagnoses within 5 years (mean, 33.8 months) after complete colonoscopy …
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