Publications by authors named "Paola Scalon"
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- The study examines the risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) after the removal of low-risk and high-risk adenomas in patients who tested positive for fecal immunochemical tests (FIT) and underwent colonoscopy in Italy from 2002 to 2017.
- Researchers tracked 87,248 colonoscopy cases and found that those with high-risk adenomas had a significant increase in CRC incidence compared to those with negative colonoscopies, while those with low-risk adenomas did not show increased risk.
- The presence of specific risk factors such as the location and morphology of the adenomas, particularly in high-risk cases, contributed to the higher incidences of CRC observed in the follow-up period.
Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening programs based on fecal immunochemical tests (FITs) represent the standard of care for population-based interventions. Their benefit depends on the identification of neoplasia at colonoscopy after FIT positivity. Colonoscopy quality measured by adenoma detection rate (ADR) may affect screening program effectiveness.
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